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“The bottom line is very simple. You negotiate on this, they will up the ante for the debt ceiling.”

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Charles Schumer is an American politician currently serving as the senior United States Senator from New York. He has been in office since 1999 and is a member of the Democratic Party. Schumer has been a prominent figure in the Senate, serving as the Majority Leader from 2007 to 2017 and as the Minority Leader from 2017 to 2021. more

“Government is saying to the average citizen every January 1: 'For the next five months you'll be working for us, for goals we shall determine. Is that clear? After May 5 you may look after your own needs and ambitions, but report back to us next January. Now move along.' ... If nearly half of what you make is spent by someone else, that means that half your work time is spent working for someone else. Call me a radical, but I think that comes dangerously close to being a form of indentured servitude.”

Ifs Thinking Needs Looks May Mean Government Moving Form Next Goal Half Clear Five Months Citizens Ambition Average Determine Radical Reports Call Me January Servitude January 1

Author:Dick Armey

“The people themselves, not their government, should be trusted with spending their own money and making their own decisions.”

People Should Government Decision Spending Trusted

Author:Dick Armey

“It is a part of the function of "law" to give recognition to ideas representing the exact opposite of established conduct. Most of the complications arise from the necessity of pretending to do one thing, while actually doing another.”

Giving Ideas Government Law One Thing Opposites Function Arise Recognition Pretending Representing Complication

Author:Thurman Arnold

“[E]conomic liberty and creative entrepreneurship are the basis of any solution to today's social and economic difficulties. Blaming business, setting wages, and attempting to run the economy by decree from Washington only exacerbates the problems. Consider the minimum wage. It seems so simple: Tell business to pay its workers more. But a hike in the minimum wage is essentially a tax, punishing precisely those companies that hire workers with the least skills.”

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