32 Quotes by Jim McDermott


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    Most of us agree there's going to be a tax cut. The question is how much, how soon and who gets it.

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    Medicare would just become for old, sick people at the end of life. And I don't think that's a good system ... I don't think that's the way I want to treat seniors in this country.

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    I think ... the real threat to the United States is his arms, so let's take those away through inspections, ... Then we don't have to argue about this regime-change business.

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    Right now, what I see on paper says that 36 percent of this tax cut goes to the top 1 percent. That's not fair,

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    We have squeezed providers and we have made savings and we have kept the system basically functioning for 30-some years.

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    We pretended there was no problem with Agent Orange after Vietnam and later the Pentagon recanted, after untold suffering by veterans.

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    We're essentially saying to every senior citizen, 'Here's a voucher. Go find yourself an insurance company.' Now, if you're 65 and in good health, no problem. If you're 89, like my mother, and you've got some problems, maybe you can't buy what you need,

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