pups and bucks
Well-known member
Why do we trust those who created the problem to do anything different in trying to solve the problem - that would be an admission they did something wrong to begin wit! Hence, we are where we are on the deficit issue? So sad - - when we vote - make sure we vote on their record - not on their promises!
Governments - ACERBIC WIT
What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.
-Edward Langley, Artist (1928 - 1995)
"If you don't read the newspaper, you are uninformed;
If you do read the newspaper, you are misinformed."
-Mark
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
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 endeavours 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.
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
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)
Just because you do not take an interest in Politics doesn't mean Politics won't take an
interest in you!
-Pericles (430 B.C.)
No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.
-Mark Twain (1866)
Talk is cheap...except when Parliament does it.
-Unknown
The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite
at one end and no responsibility at the other.
-Ronald Reagan
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
The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the
taxidermist leaves the skin.
-Mark Twain
The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to
fill the world with fools.
-Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
A government big enough to give you everything you want is strong
enough to take everything you have.
-Thomas Jefferson
Governments - ACERBIC WIT
What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.
-Edward Langley, Artist (1928 - 1995)
"If you don't read the newspaper, you are uninformed;
If you do read the newspaper, you are misinformed."
-Mark
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
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 endeavours 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.
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
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)
Just because you do not take an interest in Politics doesn't mean Politics won't take an
interest in you!
-Pericles (430 B.C.)
No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.
-Mark Twain (1866)
Talk is cheap...except when Parliament does it.
-Unknown
The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite
at one end and no responsibility at the other.
-Ronald Reagan
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
The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the
taxidermist leaves the skin.
-Mark Twain
The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to
fill the world with fools.
-Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
A government big enough to give you everything you want is strong
enough to take everything you have.
-Thomas Jefferson
