“It's traditionally not federal policy to fund state and local salaries. It's done sometimes on a temporary basis or a grant basis. But it's not often done. And the reason is clear, because the federal government can't continue in perpetuity these programs.” SometimesStatesReasonDoneGovernmentClearPolicyProgramBasesLocalsFundGrantsTemporaryFederal GovernmentSalary Author:Jim Talent
“From coast to coast, the FBI and Securities and Exchange Commission have ensnared people not only at hedge funds, but at technology and pharmaceutical companies, consulting and law firms, government agencies, and even a major stock exchange.” PeopleGovernmentLawCompanyTechnologySecurityMajorsFirmAgencyFundCoastFbiConsultingPharmaceuticalStock ExchangeHedge FundGovernment AgenciesLaw FirmsPharmaceutical Companies Author:Preet Bharara
“Since when do grown men and women, who presume to hold high government office and exercise what they think of as "moral leadership," require ethics officers to tell them whether it is or isn't permissible to grab the secretary's behind or redirect public funds to their own personal advantage?” ThinkingMenGovernmentSuccessBehindsMoralExerciseOfficeEthicsMen And WomenAdvantageFundOfficersSecretaryGrown ManMoral Leadership Author:Meg Greenfield
“The Europeans governments have massively changed the landscape in Europe. There is no doubt about it. They have put together the European Financial Stability Fund. They have discussed and approved the European Stability Mechanism.” GovernmentTogetherDoubtChangedEuropeFinancialLandscapeNo DoubtFundStabilityMechanismApprovedFinancial Stability Author:Christine Lagarde
“Governments will always play a huge part in solving big problems. They set public policy and are uniquely able to provide the resources to make sure solutions reach everyone who needs them. They also fund basic research, which is a crucial component of the innovation that improves life for everyone.” NeedsPlayProblemBigsGovernmentAblePolicyHugeSolutionsResearchResourcesInnovationFundCrucialComponentsBig ProblemsPublic PolicyBasic Research Author:Bill Gates
“You can give your Social Security check to any organization, public or private, or to individuals. You can donate it to your favorite political party. You can give the funds to a student scholarship - for your grandchildren, for example - or to somebody who has a medical need. Or you can invest your government check in free enterprise.” NeedsGivingGovernmentPoliticalIndividualSocialPartySecurityExampleStudentsOrganizationMedicalChecksEnterpriseFundGrandchildrenPolitical PartiesSocial SecurityScholarshipYour FavoriteFree EnterpriseDonate Author:Mark Skousen
“I would urge the government to allocate more funds toward fighting cancer. My own situation, it made me think. It made me think about the potential of dying. I wouldn't say I was scared. I'm more scared of how it will happen than of it happening. I'm not scared that I'm going to die. I think of how I'm going to die ... I don't want to linger. That scares me a little. The idea of lingering.” ThinkingWantLittlesMadeIdeasGovernmentHappensDiesFightingMy OwnSituationDyingHappeningsCancerScaredUrgesFundScareLingeringFighting Cancer Author:Arnold Palmer
“When you think about a presidential candidate spending all of his or her time talking to that tiny, tiny fraction of us who have the capacity to fund political elections, it's obvious why the perspective of government is skewed relative to what most Americans care about.” ThinkingGovernmentCarePoliticalTalkingPerspectiveCapacityElectionObviousSpendingTinyPresidentialCandidatesFundRelativeFractionsPresidential CandidatePolitical Election Author:Lawrence Lessig
“The reason territorial monarchs failed time after time against maritime powers was not that absolutist, non-consensual governments were incapable of building great fleets in peace - quite the reverse - but that they were unable to fund them in the crises of war. Mainly this was because they were forced to divert resources from the fleet to their armies, to fight territorial rivals frequently financed by their maritime enemy from the profits of sea trade.” WarReasonGovernmentFightingEnemySeaBuildingResourcesArmyCrisisTradeProfitFundReverseIncapableRivalsMonarchsTerritorialMaritime Author:Peter Padfield
“In America, where the electoral process is drowning in commercial techniques of fund-raising and image-making, we may have completed a circle back to a selection process as unconcerned with qualifications as that which made Darius King of Persia. ... he whose horse was the first to neigh at sunrise should be King.” ShouldFirstsMayMadeGovernmentAmericaPoliticsProcessKingsHorseTechniqueCirclesFundSunriseSelectionDrowningQualificationsPersiaUnconcernedElectoral ProcessDarius Author:Barbara Tuchman
“I urge Governments to considerably reduce funds allocated to the military, not only as a disarmament issue, but also as a potential contributor to social and environmental protection and call for the holding of referenda on this issue worldwide.” GovernmentSocialIssuesMilitaryEnvironmentalProtectionUrgesFundDisarmamentEnvironmental ProtectionContributors Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
“Because of the oil-and-water relationship governments have cultivated between ethics and political economy, speaking in plain terms - spelling it out as it is - as become foreign to the public. So here goes: When government sports a surplus, this implies that the political pickpockets have stolen more funds than they can possibly dream of spending. The property is not theirs to keep! Conversely, when deficits are reported, this means that the kleptomaniacs have not been able to steal sufficient funds to cover their profligacy.” MeanDreamGovernmentAblePoliticalPoliticsSportsTermWaterEconomyEthicsPropertySpendingOilStealingSufficientFundStolenDeficitSpellingSurplusPolitical EconomyOil And Water Author:Ilana Mercer