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“We Americans are not about to stop borrowing as long as they give us money for nothing.”

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Kenneth Rogoff is a renowned economist currently serving as a professor at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. He has extensive research and influence in the fields of international finance, monetary policy, and macroeconomics. more

“Most Americans living below the official poverty line own a car or truck - and government entitlement programs seldom provide cars and trucks. Most people living below the official poverty line also have air conditioning, color television, and a microwave oven - and these too are not usually handed out by government entitlement programs. Cell phones and other electronic devices are by no means unheard of in low-income neighborhoods, where children would supposedly go hungry if there were no school-lunch programs. In reality, low-income people are overweight more often than other Americans.”

“The decline and fall of a civilization is barely noticed by most of its citizens.”

Fall Citizens Civilization Decline

Author:James Cook

“Politicians have immense power to do harm to the economy. But they have very little power to do good.”

Littles Economy Politician Harm Immense

Author:Walter E. Williams

“What private property does is connect effort to reward, creating an incentive for people to produce for more. Then, if there's a free market, people will trade their surpluses to others for the things they lack. Mutual exchange for mutual benefit makes the community richer.”

People Ifs Doe Community Effort Produce Benefits Creating Trade Property Rewards Mutual Free Market Incentives Private Property Surplus Mutual Benefit

Author:John Stossel

“With capitalism and prosperity came something new: the idea of progress. This is the notion that things are getting better and will continue to get better in the future.”

Ideas Progress Capitalism Notion Prosperity Get Better Something New Things Are Getting Better

Book:What's So Great About Christianity

Source: What's So Great About Christianity

“Good times weaken belief.”

Belief Good Times

Author:James Cook

“Young atheists abound, but old atheists are rare.”

Young Atheist

Author:James Cook

“It's a peculiar thing about liberals. When it comes to middle-class people who are fully capable of caring for themselves, liberals seek to undermine their independence in every way possible. With seductive 'entitlements' like guaranteed retirement, health care, nutrition, education, and jobs, liberals attempt to lure the middle class into dependence on the state. But when it comes to those who are truly incompetent, those whose mental afflictions render them unable to manage their lives at all, liberals are suddenly transformed into absolutists for personal autonomy.”

“I can remember the time when, if we wanted a house or housing, we relied on private enterprise. In fact, Americans built more square feet of housing per person than any other country on the face of the earth. Despite that remarkable accomplishment, more and more people are coming to believe that the only way we can have adequate housing is to use government to take the earnings from some and give these earnings, in the form of housing, to others.”

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