Danny K. Davis

People crown kings and queens at homecoming parades all the time. We do a lot of things in our society that are simply symbolic. ”

Some of the huge tax breaks that we gave to the wealthiest 1 percent of the population in this country during the Bush era have contributed significantly to the deficit. ”

I believe in our free market system. ”

The way to reduce the deficit is to create jobs and work opportunities so that people will have money with which to pay taxes. ”

We have to find greater employment for these people with records. ”

I've got hundreds of friends who are police officers. I work with the police. ”

Everyone who has succeeded in correcting their wrong should have the right to work. ”

Our nation's attitudes toward trade have been shaped by the evolving struggle over who has been helped and who has been disadvantaged by trade policy as our economy has developed. ”

The inequality between CEO compensation and the compensation received by workers and stockholders has grown to such an extent that it endangers our economy and and our society. ”