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“It took the national debt two hundred years to reach $1 trillion. Supply Side Economics quadrupled the national debt to over $4 trillion in twelve years (1980-1992) under the Republicans. Bill Clinton actually paid down the national debt. How did he do it? He raised taxes. It produced the longest sustained economic expansion in U.S. History.”

Years Two Sides Economic Republican Taxes Hundred Economics Paid Bills Clinton Raised Debt Twelve Expansion National Debt Supply Side Economics

Book:Straight Talk from the Heartland: Tough Talk, Common Sense, and Hope from a Former Conservative

Source: Straight Talk from the Heartland: Tough Talk, Common Sense, and Hope from a Former Conservative

“Marriage emerged some forty-five hundred years ago and evolved into a widespread and accepted institution that bonded families, maintained order, and created wealth. Unlike today, where many of us are searching for our romantic "soul mate," marriage was originally more about economics than deep emotion.”

Years Soul Today Order Wealth Emotion Five Hundred Years Ago Economics Institutions Accepted Forty Mates Soul Mate Deep Emotions

Book:'Till Death Do Us Part: Love, Marriage, and the Mind of the Killer Spouse

Source: 'Till Death Do Us Part: Love, Marriage, and the Mind of the Killer Spouse

“For at least another hundred years we must pretend to ourselves and to every one that fair is foul and foul is fair; for foul is useful and fair is not. Avarice and usury and precaution must be our gods for a little longer still.”

Years Littles Stills Liberty Economic Hundred Fairs Economics Foul Avarice Precaution Usury Avarice Greed

Book:Essays in persuasion

Source: Essays in persuasion

“There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it's only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.”

Should Science Political Used Stars Numbers Learning Huge Hundred Discovery Economics Billions Used To Be Economist Galaxy Deficit Huge Numbers

Author:Richard P. Feynman

“In the model that we grew up with, governments rule physical territory in which national economies function, and strong economies support hegemonic military power. In the new model, already emerging under our noses, economic decisions don't pay much attention to national sovereignty in a world where more than half of the one hundred or two hundred largest economic entities are not countries but companies.”

“After getting the first hundred pounds, it is more easy to get the second.”

Firsts Easy Hundred Economics Pounds Easy To Get

Book:The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Source: The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

“A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of others.”

Interesting Hundred Economics Labor

Book:Ideas and Opinions

Source: Ideas and Opinions

“Why should a financial engineer be paid four, four times... to a hundred times more than the, uh... real engineer? A real engineer build bridges, a financial engineer build, build dreams. And when those dream turn out to be nightmares, other people pay for it.”

People Should Real Philosophy Dream Political Turns Pay Four Hundred Economics Paid Financial Bridges Nightmare Engineers

Author:Andrew Sheng