government policy quotes

The whole infrastructure of air travel was, and is, part of government policy. It is not a natural development of a free economic system – at least not in the way that is claimed. The same is true of the roads, of course.

The Recovery Act is working, but it’s going to continue to work. It’s not over. A lot’s going to happen this summer. And even after the summer, there’s more to come with the act.

And the cornerstone of my economic policies, when I first got elected, was cutting taxes on everybody on who paid taxes.

In December, I agreed to extend the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans because it was the only way I could prevent a tax hike on middle-class Americans. But we cannot afford $1 trillion worth of tax cuts for every millionaire and billionaire in our society. We can’t afford it. And I refuse to renew them again.

Instead of giving corporations a big tax cut, let’s give the middle class a real, permanent tax cut.

The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites.

If we choose to keep those tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires, if we choose to keep a tax break for corporate jet owners, if we choose to keep tax breaks for oil and gas companies that are making hundreds of billions of dollars, then that means we’ve got to cut some kids off from getting a college scholarship.

The bottom line on the Hyde Amendment is that it is directly, in effect, targeting poor women and women who don’t have money.

We don’t seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business?

One way to stop illegal immigration is a border wall.