I really do believe most people understand raising tax rates is bad for the economy, it costs jobs. It actually in the long term undermines revenue.
If you think we are going to gain ground by holding the American people hostage, saying that their taxes are at risk, I actually disagree.
I don't know why anybody aspires to the job. It is just a problem job, dealing with problems messy by nature, people at wit's end, crisis situations.
really went out of his way to establish that, I think, because he knows there's a legitimate concern and he doesn't want people who are innocent of any wrongdoing to be suspected of any wrongdoing.
When I watch a NASCAR race, I watch every aspect of it, ... Especially the way pit crews operate. I admire how organized they are, how synchronized it appears. I explained to the young soldiers that I wanted them to act just like a pit crew and get people checked out in a hurry.
If you look at some of the most successful people in history, at some point they all failed, but they didn't quit or give up.