“Increased revenues, meaning higher taxes, will be a central element of any successful long-term budget plan, and President Obama is right to insist that the wealthy - the slice of America that has come through the recession in by far the best financial health - should provide those funds.” ShouldLongAmericaPresidentTermSuccessfulPlansHigherTaxesElementsFinancialBudgetsLong TermFundWealthyPresident ObamaRevenueRecessions Author:Steven Rattner
“If I hadn't become a golfer, I doubt I'd be wealthy, because I don't have the sort of ego that drives a person all day long. I might have wound up driving a tractor.” IfsPersonsLongMightDoubtEgoWoundsDrivingWealthyGolfersTractors Author:Fuzzy Zoeller
“Self-interest and mutual interest are inextricably linked. National interests can best be advanced through collective action, ... Calculate not just the human misery of the poor themselves. Calculate our loss: The aid, the lost opportunity to trade, the short-term consequences of the multiple conflicts; the long-term consequences on the attitude to the wealthy world of injustice and abject deprivation amongst the poor.” WorldHumansLongSelfActionOpportunityLostTermInterestLossPoorAttitudeConflictConsequenceTradeMiseryInjusticeAidsLong TermCollectivesMutualWealthyMultipleLinkedShort TermSelf InterestDeprivationNational InterestsCollective ActionLost OpportunityMutual Interest Author:Tony Blair
“I'm against very wealthy people attempting to or influencing elections. But as long as it's doable I'm going to do it.” PeopleLongInfluenceElectionWealthyAttempting Author:Sheldon Adelson