“Where I live in Manhattan and where I work at ABC, people say conservative the way people say child molester.” PeopleWayChildrenConservativeManhattan Author:John Stossel
“Politicians and bureaucrats clearly have no idea how complicated markets are. Every day people make countless tradeoffs, in all areas of life, based on subjective value judgements and personal information as they delicately balance their interests, needs and wants. Who is in a better position than they to tailor those choices to best serve their purposes? Yet the politicians believe they can plan the medical market the way you plan a birthday party.” PeopleWayWantNeedsBelieveIdeasPurposeValuesChoicesInterestPartyPlansInformationPositionBalancePoliticianAreasComplicatedMedicalNo IdeaJudgementSubjectiveBureaucratsTailorsBirthday PartyNeeds And WantsPersonal Information Author:John Stossel
“Saying that government is not the way to solve problems is not saying that humanity cannot solve its problems. What I've finally learned is this: Despite the obstacles created by governments, voluntary networks of private individuals - through voluntary exchange - solve all sorts of challenges.” WayProblemGovernmentHumanityIndividualChallengesObstaclesSolveDespite Author:John Stossel
“The political class can't imagine a decentralized world where good things happen...without them. But in the real world, that's exactly how good things happen, and how jobs are created. When government sets simple rules that everyone understands and then gets out of the way, free people create jobs.” PeopleWorldWayRealGovernmentHappensJobsPoliticalSimpleClassImagineGood ThingsThings HappenReal World Author:John Stossel
“[T]he only way to shrink the trade deficit is for the government to prohibit us from buying whatever we want.” WayWantGovernmentBalanceTradeBuyingDeficitShrinksImbalance Author:John Stossel
