Post by kabulcalling on Mar 14, 2011 17:11:06 GMT
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
Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in
rich countries to rich people in poor countries.
-Douglas Casey
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)
If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it
costs when it's free!
-P..J. O'Rourke
In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as
possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other.
-Voltaire (1764)
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
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong
enough to take everything you have.
-Thomas Jefferson
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
Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in
rich countries to rich people in poor countries.
-Douglas Casey
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)
If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it
costs when it's free!
-P..J. O'Rourke
In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as
possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other.
-Voltaire (1764)
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
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong
enough to take everything you have.
-Thomas Jefferson
