Political Quotes

“I wanted to do that because I also want to have printed in the Record--and I will read just a couple of paragraphs--a letter that appeared in today's Casper Star Tribune by Eric Mitchell. It is titled ``Smarter than you think.'' He says: I think they think I'm not so smart because I'm too young to know what they're doing, like raising the national debt. Don't they know that I owe the country about $45,000? I'm only 10 years old. I could buy a lot with $45,000. I could almost buy a home, I could buy property, I could buy a boat and get fish for family and friends. He is from Crowheart, WY, a small community. He said: I would buy guns and ammunition to hunt for food for my family. I could buy books so I could learn more. Forty-five thousand dollars could buy a lot of stuff. That's more than may dad earns. But it wouldn't buy everything. This is a 10-year-old. He said: Government shouldn't try to buy everything. It is my job and the people's job to buy the things we need. I don't want the government to think for me. They don't know that I'm a little brother who doesn't like it when my big brothers tell me what to do, because they aren't always responsible for their own things. I don't tell my brothers what to do with their money. I'm smarter than they think I am. They should follow the rules.…”