Now here's a ballsy politician...

Will Congress rethink commitments and costs? - Tom Curry - MSNBC.com

This is Senator Clinton (D-NY) who said this. I'm quoting the article here:

So how will Congress pay for the new spending needs due to Katrina? Part of Clinton’s answer was to raise taxes. “We should be prepared to ask for sacrifice particularly from the richest people in America,” she argued.

How refreshing (kind of). Regardless, if this woman is intending in the future to run for the presidency, saying anything even CLOSE to "we need to raise taxes" is political suicide. But she said it, and she may be right. I have to give her kudos for her brass. It would be nice to have a president that didn't dance around the issues, no matter what kind of ugly things he/she may have to say.