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“Punishing enemies and rewarding friends - politics Chicago style - seems to be the unifying principle that helps explain the Obamacare waivers, the NLRB action against Boeing and IRS's gift tax assault on 501(c)(4) donors. They look like examples of crony capitalism, bailout favoritism and gangster government. One thing they don't look like is the rule of law.”

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Michael Barone

Michael Barone, born in September 1944, is a renowned pundit. He has extensive experience in political commentary and media analysis, serving as a column writer for several media organizations. more

“Many of the wonderful achievements of the 20th century were the result of the pursuit of profits. Unfortunately, demagoguery has led to profits becoming a dirty word. Nonprofit is seen as more righteous, particularly when people pompously stand before us and declare, 'We're a nonprofit organization.'”

People Results Wonderful Century Becoming Achievement Organization Profit Pursuit Dirty Righteous 20th Century Nonprofits Dirty Words Demagoguery

Author:Walter E. Williams

“More than half of all people filing income tax forms use someone else to prepare the forms for them. Then they have to sign under penalty of perjury that these forms are correct. But if they were competent to determine that, why would they have to pay someone else to do their taxes for them in the first place?”

People Ifs Firsts Use Form Pay Half Taxes Determine Income Penalties Competent Income Tax Filing Perjury

Author:Thomas Sowell

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

Giving Long Borrowing

Author:Kenneth Rogoff

“Obama and his Democrats need to be placed on the defensive. They are the primary drivers of this spending; they are the obstructers of entitlement reform and the national debt continues to burn while they fiddle.”

Needs Democrat Debt Spending Reform Primaries Drivers Entitlement Fiddle National Debt

Author:David Limbaugh