More From Eliot Spitzer
- "Health care reform, the marquee legislative accomplishment of the Obama administration’s first term, was passed before we entered the world of divided government."
- "Facts matter. Science matters. Reason matters. Mitt Romney has shown an inability to respect any of the three. President Barack Obama not only respects them, he relies on them. He is an overwhelming and unquestioned choice to continue as president."
- "We are all used to paying a sales tax when we buy things – almost 9 percent here in New York City. The application of this concept to the financial sector could solve our need for revenue, bring some sanity back into the financial sector, and give us a way to raise the revenue we need to run the government in a fiscally responsible way."
More In Politics
- "The ability of the 1 percent to buy politicians and regulators is nothing new in American politics – just as inequality has been a permanent part of our economic system. This is true of virtually all political and economic systems."― Eric Alterman
- "Liberalism is Rationalism in politics."― Francis Parker Yockey
- "I get asked a lot about getting into politics. I say, ‘Take a look at politics. You tell me what seems appealing about that.’"― George Clooney