“There is a basic lesson on financial crises that governments tend to wait too long, underestimate the risks, want to do too little. And it ultimately gets away from them, and they end up spending more money, causing much more damage to the economy.” WantLittlesLongEndsGovernmentWaitingEconomyRiskLessonsCrisisFinancialSpendingDamageGet AwayMore MoneyUnderestimateFinancial Crisis Author:Timothy Geithner
“The US, for historical reasons, mistrusts the concept of a welfare state, and this mistrust shows itself nakedly under present US government, which commits uncounted billions of the national wealth to what it calls defence, and is close-fisted in giving money to plans which would ameliorate the grinding poverty of a great part of its people. Quite simply, in Canada you could not get away with that.” PeopleGivingStatesReasonShowsGovernmentWealthPovertyPlansConceptsHistoricalBillionsCommitWelfareCanadaGet AwayDefenceMistrustWelfare StateGiving Money Book:The Merry Heart: Reflections on Reading, Writing, and the World of Books Source: The Merry Heart: Reflections on Reading, Writing, and the World of Books
“When Ralph Goodale tried to tax Income Trusts they showed us where they stood, they showed us their attitude towards raiding Seniors hard earned assets and a Conservative government will never allow either of these parties to get away with that.” HardGovernmentPartyAttitudeTaxesConservativeIncomeGet AwayAssetsSeniorRaiding Author:Stephen Harper
“I think we foreshorten our own viewpoint if we consider any state of mind, or society, or government as final. Growth and change! We can't get away from them.” IfsThinkingMindStatesGovernmentGrowthChangeFinalsGet AwayState Of MindViewpointsChange And Growth Author:Agnes Sligh Turnbull
“Anybody has a right to evade taxes if he can get away with it. No citizen has a moral obligation to assist in maintaining his government” IfsGovernmentMoralCitizensTaxesObligationGet AwayMaintainingMoral Obligation Author:J. P. Morgan