“Governments of all stripes want to deliver growth and rebalance their economies now that they have learned the hard way that, left to their own devices, markets pick expensive banking losers.” WayWantHardGovernmentLeftGrowthEconomyPicksExpensiveDevicesLoserBankingStripesHard Way Author:Frances O'Grady
“The fears are unanimous. ObamaCare is too expensive. It is a government takeover of our healthcare system. Services will be diminished. The patient-doctor relationship will be eliminated. It will not make healthcare more affordable. And it will bankrupt small businesses.” GovernmentDoctorsPatientExpensiveHealthcareSmall BusinessObamacareAffordableTakeoversGovernment Takeover Author:Joe Kyrillos
“Since Yuri Gagarin and Al Shepard's epoch flights in 1961, all space missions have been flown only under large, expensive government efforts. By contrast, our program involves a few, dedicated individuals who are focused entirely on making spaceflight affordable.” Has BeensGovernmentIndividualSpaceEffortProgramMissionsFocusedFlightExpensiveAlsDedicatedContrastAffordableEpochSpaceflight Author:Burt Rutan
“A state too expensive in itself, or by virtue of its dependencies, ultimately falls into decay; its free government is transformed into a tyranny; it disregards the principles which it should preserve, and finally degenerates into despotism. The distinguishing characteristic of small republics is stability: the character of large republics is mutability.” ShouldStatesCharacterGovernmentFallPrinciplesVirtueTyrannyPreservesCharacteristicsExpensiveRepublicStabilityTransformedDecayDisregardDespotismDegeneratesDependencyFree GovernmentMutability Author:Simon Bolivar
“The economy - once a great scatter of small productive units in autonomous balance, has become dominated by two or three hundred giant corporations, administratively and politically interrelated... The political order, once a decentralized set of several dozen states with a weak spinal cord, has become a centralized executive establishment which has taken up into itself many powers previously scattered... The military order, once a slim establishment in a context of distrust fed by state militia, has become the largest and most expensive feature of government.” TwoStatesGovernmentPoliticalOrderThreeEconomyTakenMilitaryBalanceHundredWeakCorporationsFeaturesGiantsExpensiveProductiveExecutivesFedsEstablishmentDozenUnitsDistrustCordsMilitiaSlimAutonomousSpinal Cord Author:C. Wright Mills
“Permission from the government is an expensive commodity. New ideas rarely have this kind of support. Old ideas often have deep legislative connections to defend them against the new.” KindIdeasGovernmentSupportConnectionsExpensiveNew IdeasPermissionCommodityOld Ideas Book:The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World Source: The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World
“Here in America, government began as a tool to assure freedom. It gradually turned into a hideously expensive political toy designed to redistribute your wealth and control most aspects of your business and private life.” GovernmentAmericaPoliticalWealthAspectToolsExpensiveToysPrivate Life Author:Mark Skousen