“A better distribution of incomes would increase that efficiency by diverting a great fund of wealth from the useless to the useful members of society. To cut off the income of the useless will not impair their efficiency. They have none to impair. It will, in fact, compel them to acquire a useful function.” FactsWealthCuttingMembersFunctionIncreaseIncomeUselessAcquireFundEfficiencyDistribution Book:Drift and Mastery: An Attempt to Diagnose the Current Unrest Source: Drift and Mastery: An Attempt to Diagnose the Current Unrest
“I don't care if the Koch brothers or Soros spend their money to promote one candidate or another. I care about members of Congress spending 30%-70% of their time raising money from .05% of us. Change the way we fund elections and you change the corruption.” IfsWayCareBrotherMembersElectionCongressDon't CareCorruptionSpendingI Don't CareCandidatesFundI CareRaising Money Author:Lawrence Lessig
“Since all taxpayers are being forced to fund the religion of evolution in schools and it is evolution that must be proven to be the only way our universe came into being like the textbooks say, what happens if one jury member will not vote with the rest?” IfsWayHappensSchoolUniverseEvolutionMembersVoteScaryFundProvenTaxpayersJuryTextbooks Author:Kent Hovind
“The simple index fund solution has been adopted as a cornerstone of investment strategy for many of the nation's pension plans operated by our giant corporations and state and local governments. Indexing is also the predominant strategy for the largest of them all, the retirement plan for federal government employees, the Federal Thrift Savings Plan (TSP). The plan has been a remarkable success, and now holds some $173 billion of assets for the benefit of our public servants and members of armed services.” Has BeensStatesGovernmentNationsSimplePlansMembersBenefitsSolutionsStrategyInvestmentInvestingBillionsLocalsSavingCorporationsServantGiantsEmployeeRemarkableFundRetirementAssetsFederal GovernmentAdoptedSavingsPensionCornerstonesThriftPublic ServantsLocal GovernmentIndex FundsArmed ServicesGovernment EmployeesIndexingPension Plans Author:David F. Swensen
“I'm always keeping an eye on the court. Also, when the members of Congress came to his office during the budget debacle of a year and a half back and said, "We want to de-fund Planned Parenthood," he said, "Not going to happen." Those apparently were more or less his exact words.” WantYearsSaidHappensEyeHalfMembersOfficeCourtCongressBudgetsFundParenthoodPlanned ParenthoodDebacles Author:Anna Quindlen
“Bernie Sanders is like those liberal members of the German National Socialist Party during the WWII, or of the Italian Fascist movement during Mussolini. They'd do much for their own workers and peasants, socially... as long as funds were flowing in from the countries plundered by their imperialism.” LongCountryPartyMovementMembersWorkersFundItalianSocialistImperialismPeasantsWwiiFascistsSocialist Party Author:Andre Vltchek
“As for the criticism we receive, you know, even Mr. [Donald] Trump's team criticize us. For instance, one of the participants or members of his team claimed that Russia was giving money to the Clintons through some funds and that in fact Russia is controlling the Clinton family. This is nonsense.” KnowsGivingFactsTeamTrumpMembersCriticismClintonRussiaInstanceNonsenseFundCriticizeParticipantsGiving Money Author:Vladimir Putin
“There will be a focus on infrastructure. The American people had elected a builder to be President of the United States. We're going to work with members of Congress to move forward legislation to fund our infrastructure more effectively in the country.” PeopleCountryStatesMovingPresidentUnitedUnited StatesFocusMembersCongressMoving ForwardFundLegislationGoing To WorkInfrastructureBuilder Author:Mike Pence