Author: Jim Cooper

Quotes

It took the first 204 years of our Nation's history to accumulate $1 trillion in debt. And now we are doing that every 2 or 3 years.

It took the first 204 years of our Nation's history to accumulate $1 trillion in debt. And now we are doing that every 2 or 3 years.

- Jim Cooper

President Clinton was able to achieve budget surpluses despite a divided government.

President Clinton was able to achieve budget surpluses despite a divided government.

- Jim Cooper

It's not just that families can't buy a home or start a business without some savings tucked away.

It's not just that families can't buy a home or start a business without some savings tucked away.

- Jim Cooper

Politicians are terrified of losing touch with folks back home but content to be clueless about government's failure to fix real problems.

Politicians are terrified of losing touch with folks back home but content to be clueless about government's failure to fix real problems.

- Jim Cooper

Equality under the law is the slow triumph of hope over history.

Equality under the law is the slow triumph of hope over history.

- Jim Cooper

We need to take politics out of health care. Congress will cave to pretty much any special interest on the subject.

We need to take politics out of health care. Congress will cave to pretty much any special interest on the subject.

- Jim Cooper

With our national savings rate well below one-percent, it is imperative that the government embrace innovative and cost-effective means of boosting personal savings.

With our national savings rate well below one-percent, it is imperative that the government embrace innovative and cost-effective means of boosting personal savings.

- Jim Cooper

Well, where is the money? Show me the money? Our allies have put up a few billion dollars, but the American taxpayer has been required to shoulder the burden of this war.

Well, where is the money? Show me the money? Our allies have put up a few billion dollars, but the American taxpayer has been required to shoulder the burden of this war.

- Jim Cooper

Bush may be a strong leader in the war on terrorism, but on budget deficits he is missing-in-action.

Bush may be a strong leader in the war on terrorism, but on budget deficits he is missing-in-action.

- Jim Cooper

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