Political Quotes

“What strikes me is, when you don't have a process, you don't have discussion and debate, and you try to jam something through, it means you are trying to hide a whole lot. So I just wanted to say that there is an article in The Washington Post today about winners and losers in the Republican tax plan, and here is what they say are winners. This isn't a Democrat saying this. This is The Washington Post saying, big corporations--number one winner, big corporations. American megabusinesses would get a substantial tax reduction. And, by the way, that is not just on one level, that is a number of levels. And my colleagues over here know that this is the number one plan here, because there is a clear difference of opinion. You all think that, if you invest in these big corporations and in the wealthiest individuals, you would rather put your faith into those folks rather than middle class families across the country who could actually build our economy. So this bill cuts the top rate that large corporations would have to pay the biggest one-time drop in the big business tax rate ever; I repeat, the biggest one-time drop in the big business tax rate ever. On top of that, you would get some new tax breaks if you are a corporation, so you would get to lower your bills. What I have seen in the polling is that Americans across the country think that corporations are already getting too good of a deal and they should pay their fair share.…”