N
Nelson
Well-known member
Suppose you were an idiot.
And suppose you were a member of Congress....
But then I repeat myself.
- Mark Twain?
I contend
that for a nation to try to tax itself into
prosperity is like a man
standing in a bucket and
trying to lift himself up by the handle.
- Winston Churchill
A government which
robs Peter to pay Paul
can always depend on the support of Paul.
- George Bernard Shaw
A liberal is someone who
feels a great debt to his fellow man....
which debt he proposes to pay off with your money.
- G. Gordon Liddy
Democracy must be
something more than two wolves
and a sheep voting on what to have
for dinner.
-James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
Foreign aid might be
defined as a transfer of money from poor people
in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.
- Douglas Casey, Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown Univ.
Giving money and
power to government is like
giving whiskey and car keys to teenage
boys.
- P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian
Government is the great fiction, through which
everybody endeavors to live at the expense of
everybody
else.
- Frederic Bastiat, French Economist
(1801-1850)
Government's view of
the economy could be summed
up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax
it. If it keeps moving,
regulate it. And if it stops moving,
subsidize it.
- Ronald Reagan (1986)
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government
and report the facts.
- Will Rogers
If you think health
care is expensive now, wait
until you see what it costs when it's
free!
- P.J. O'Rourke
Talk is cheap...except when Congress does it.
- Unknown
The inherent vice of capitalism is the
unequal sharing of the blessings.
The inherent blessing of
socialism is the equal sharing of misery.
- Winston Churchill
What this country needs are more unemployed
politicians.
- Edward Langley,
Artist (1928 - 1995)
A government big
enough to give you everything you
want, is strong enough to take
everything you have.
- Thomas Jefferson
And suppose you were a member of Congress....
But then I repeat myself.
- Mark Twain?
I contend
that for a nation to try to tax itself into
prosperity is like a man
standing in a bucket and
trying to lift himself up by the handle.
- Winston Churchill
A government which
robs Peter to pay Paul
can always depend on the support of Paul.
- George Bernard Shaw
A liberal is someone who
feels a great debt to his fellow man....
which debt he proposes to pay off with your money.
- G. Gordon Liddy
Democracy must be
something more than two wolves
and a sheep voting on what to have
for dinner.
-James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
Foreign aid might be
defined as a transfer of money from poor people
in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.
- Douglas Casey, Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown Univ.
Giving money and
power to government is like
giving whiskey and car keys to teenage
boys.
- P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian
Government is the great fiction, through which
everybody endeavors to live at the expense of
everybody
else.
- Frederic Bastiat, French Economist
(1801-1850)
Government's view of
the economy could be summed
up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax
it. If it keeps moving,
regulate it. And if it stops moving,
subsidize it.
- Ronald Reagan (1986)
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government
and report the facts.
- Will Rogers
If you think health
care is expensive now, wait
until you see what it costs when it's
free!
- P.J. O'Rourke
Talk is cheap...except when Congress does it.
- Unknown
The inherent vice of capitalism is the
unequal sharing of the blessings.
The inherent blessing of
socialism is the equal sharing of misery.
- Winston Churchill
What this country needs are more unemployed
politicians.
- Edward Langley,
Artist (1928 - 1995)
A government big
enough to give you everything you
want, is strong enough to take
everything you have.
- Thomas Jefferson
