“So the system we have in radio and television today is the direct result of government policies that have been made in our name, in the name of the people, on our behalf, but without our informed consent.” PeopleHas BeensMadeGovernmentTodayNamesResultsPolicyTelevisionDirectRadioConsentBehalfGovernment PolicyInformed Consent Author:Robert Waterman McChesney
“The last four years under President Obama have been trying and troubling for this entire country. The tired big government policies of the past have failed us. We can't afford more disappointments. We need a new direction. We need a new president.” NeedsTryingYearsHas BeensCountryBigsGovernmentLastsPastPresidentFourPolicyTiredDisappointmentPresident ObamaFour YearsBig GovernmentNew DirectionsGovernment Policy Author:Reince Priebus
“I have always been a critic of government policy. I was in government for more than five years. Before that I was a critic. Within the government I was a critic, pushing for reform and always at odds with power brokers within the party.” YearsGovernmentPartyFivePolicyCriticismCriticsReformFive YearsPushingOddsBrokersGovernment Policy Author:Jonathan Moyo
“Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home.” FirstsHomeGovernmentPrinciplesPolicyForeign PolicyGovernment Policy Author:William E. Gladstone
“Many politicians and pundits claim that the credit crunch and high mortgage foreclosure rate is an example of market failure and want government to step in to bail out creditors and borrowers at the expense of taxpayers who prudently managed their affairs. These financial problems are not market failures but government failure. ... The credit crunch and foreclosure problems are failures of government policy.” WantProblemGovernmentStepsPolicyExamplePoliticianEconomicsClaimsRateAffairFinancialCreditDebtExpensesTaxpayersMortgagePunditsCreditorsBailCrunchGovernment PolicyBorrowersForeclosureMarket FailureFinancial ProblemsCredit Crunch Author:Walter E. Williams
“But politicians who talk about failed policies are just blowing smoke. Government policies succeed in doing exactly what they are supposed to do: channeling resources bilked from the general public to politically organized and influential interests groups.” GovernmentInterestGroupsPolicyPoliticianSucceedResourcesSmokeOrganizedInfluentialChannelingGeneral PublicInterest GroupsGovernment PolicyBlowing Smoke Author:Robert Higgs
“The banking collapse was caused, more than anything, by bad government policy and the total failure of bad regulation, rather than by greed.” GovernmentPolicyGreedRegulationCollapseBankingGovernment RegulationGovernment PolicyBad Government Author:Nigel Farage
“It might be crazy to expect a high government official to speak the truth. It might be crazy to believe that government policy will be something more than the handmaiden of the most powerful interests. It might be crazy to argue that we should preserve a tradition that has been part of our tradition for most of our history -- free culture. If this is crazy, then let there be more crazies. Soon.” IfsShouldBelieveHas BeensGovernmentMightCultureSpeakInterestPowerfulCrazyPolicyTraditionArguingPreservesOfficialsMost PowerfulSpeak The TruthBeing CrazyGovernment OfficialsGovernment Policy Book:Free Culture Source: Free Culture
“In all my work, I'm interested in trying to understand the human consequences of government policies.” TryingHumansGovernmentPolicyConsequenceGovernment Policy Author:Laura Poitras
“If any individual who objects to government policy can take it in their own hands to publicly disclose classified information, then we will never be able to keep our people safe or conduct foreign policy.” PeopleIfsHandsGovernmentAbleIndividualInformationPolicyObjectsSafeForeign PolicyNsaGovernment PolicyClassified Information Author:Barack Obama
“The American public has difficulty believing ... [that] injustice continues to be inflicted upon Indian people because Americans assume that the sympathy and tolerance they feel toward Indians is somehow 'felt' or transferred to the government policy that deals with Indians. This is not the case.” PeopleFeelsBelieveGovernmentFeltDealsCasesPolicyDifficultyAssumingInjusticeToleranceIndianGovernment Policy Author:Leslie Marmon Silko
“Revolt in whatever way we want, with the spontaneity of the London rioters, with the certainty and willingness to die of religious fundamentalists or with the twinkling mischief of the trickster... Take to the streets, together, with the understanding that the feeling that you aren't being heard or seen or represented isn't psychosis; it's government policy.” WayWantFeelingsGovernmentTogetherDiesUnderstandingReligiousHeardStreetsPolicyLondonCertaintyWillingnessSpontaneityMischiefRevoltPsychosisTwinklingGovernment PolicyTricksters Author:Russell Brand
“The way we subsidize food makes it cheaper to go to McDonald's and get a hamburger than a salad, and that's insane. It's pure government policy.” WayGovernmentPolicyPureInsaneSaladCheaperMcdonaldsHamburgersGovernment Policy Author:Alice Waters