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“I mean, what are they scared of? Who's going to vote for anyone from the Communist Party, for God's sake?”

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Tim Robbins, born on October 16, 1958, is a renowned American actor, director, and screenwriter. He gained worldwide fame for his portrayal of Andy Dufresne in the 1994 film 'The Shawshank Redemption,' for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. Beyond his acting career, Robbins is also active in social and political causes, making him a versatile artist. more

“The only way Congress can get one dollar to spend is to take that one dollar from Americans, borrow that one dollar from Americans, or inflate that one dollar from Americans. So, it's very much like the visual image of a swimming pool. A person notes there is a shallow end, so he takes the water out of the deep end and pours it in the shallow end, hoping to raise the height of the water in the pool - and you would call that person stupid.”

Way Persons Ends Water Stupid Taxes Raises Dollars Notes Congress Debt Spending Height Visuals Swimming Pool Shallow Swimming Pool Visual Images

Author:Walter E. Williams

“..avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of peace to discharge the debts, which unavoidable wars may have occasioned, not ungenerously throwing upon posterity the burthen, which we ourselves ought to bear.”

Source: Monuments of Washington's Patriotism: Containing a Fac Simile of His Publick Accounts Kept During the Revolutionary War; and Some of the Most Interesting Documents Connected with His Military Command and Civil Administration; Embracing, Among Others, the Farewell Address to the People of the United States

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