US Presidency
1992

That way, we will cut both debt and spending and take a whack out of the budget deficit. My feelings about big government come from my experience; I spent half my adult life in the private sector. My opponent has a different experience; he's been in government nearly all his life. His passion to expand government knows no bounds. He's already proposed, and listen to this carefully, he has already proposed $ 220 billion in new spending, along with the biggest tax increase in history, $ 150 billion. And that's just to start. . He says he wants to tax the rich. But folks, he defines rich as anyone who has a job. You've heard of the separations of powers. Well, my opponent practices a different theory: the power of separations. Government has the power to separate you from your wallet. Now let me say this: When it comes to taxes, I've learned the hard way. There's an old saying, Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.