[PBARC] Political Progress? corrected

[E. Glenn Wolf, Jr.]

Political Progress?

Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. =
But  I
repeat myself. --Mark Twain

We 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.=20
--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 speaking for Bob
Hansen

Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on =
what
to have for dinner. --James Bovard, Civil Libertarian

Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer from poor people in rich
countries to rich people in poor countries. --Douglas Casey, Classmate =
of W.
J. Clinton at Georgetown U.

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

I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the fact =
--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

If you want government to intervene domestically, you're a liberal. If =
you
want government to intervene overseas, you're a conservative. If you =
want
government to intervene everywhere, You're a moderate. If you don't want
government to intervene anywhere, you're an extremist. --Joseph Sobran,
former Editor of the National Review

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 are safe while the legislature is in
session. --Mark Twain

Talk is cheap, except when Congress 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=20
fill the world with fools
--Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher(1820-1903)

There is no distinctly native American criminal class save Congress. =
--Mark
Twain

What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.

I don't belong to any organized political party.   I'm a Democrat.
--Will Rogers




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