From Deseret News archives:

Quotes from Tuesday's special session

Published: Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2006 10:21 a.m. MDT
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Sometimes debating tax cuts can lead to some convoluted, humorous and telling remarks. Here's a sampling from Tuesday's special session:

"If you gut the goose, the goose dies."

Rep. Peggy Wallace

R-West Jordan

"We can't wash each other's laundry. We need more laundry coming into Utah."

Rep. Steve Clark

R-Provo

"Oh, looky, I cut your taxes by $48; $48 doesn't mean a lot to me."

Rep. Joe Murray

R-Ogden

"We're six weeks away from an election and we're going in with a $76 million tax cut? This isn't reform. Come on, folks, I think the public understands that."

Sen. Ed Mayne

D-West Valley

"We've been pushed into this, (told) we have to do it right now or the world will end. ... I'm going to hold my nose and vote yes."

Sen. Chris Buttars

R-West Jordan

"A rising tide does not lift all boats. ... The only boats going to be lifted by this rising tide are luxury yachts."

Sen. Scott McCoy

D-Salt Lake

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