So if we are really concerned about gene... by Patrick J. Kennedy

People Politician Addiction Healthcare mental health advocate

So if we are really concerned about generating more taxes, we ought to be investing in our people, not taking away the kinds of resources that contribute to their ability to become greater taxpayers in this country.

- Patrick J. Kennedy

Other quotes by Patrick J. Kennedy

Disaster Tragedy People

If we had a terrorist attack, the way the people respond is going to determine whether that attack is just a tragedy or whether that attack becomes an all-out disaster.

- Patrick J. Kennedy

People

Facts are, insurance ratings are really dependent on the notion that some people are higher risk than others.

- Patrick J. Kennedy

Trust

Americans have been given goals to achieve in Iraq, but not the standards by which to measure progress. And the only assurance Americans have been given that we can reach those goals is to trust the President and his Administration at their word.

- Patrick J. Kennedy

American Years

In the last 5 years, American employers have lost over $150 billion of productivity to depression alone. That is more than the GDP of 28 different States during the same period.

- Patrick J. Kennedy

Age Today

For students today, only 10 percent of children from working-class families graduate from college by the age of 24 as compared to 58 percent of upper-middle-class and wealthy families.

- Patrick J. Kennedy

Americans

We could have a budget that brings Americans together.

- Patrick J. Kennedy

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