“Once the Republicans get rolling, they assume they're going to win everything. They are zealots, and zealots assume the last five percent of whatever their plan is will be taken care of by their own greatness or momentum or divinity.” CareLastsWinningTakenFivePlansGreatnessRepublicanPercentAssumingDivinityRollingMomentumZealot Author:Keith Olbermann
“Wes Clark put forward a middle-class tax plan, but it only helps a quarter of middle-class families, none without minor children at home. And mine helps 98 percent of the middle class.” ChildrenHelpingHomeClassPlansMiddleMinesTaxesPercentMiddle ClassQuartersMinorsMiddle Class Family Author:Joe Lieberman
“...I don't have concrete plans for the future. I just think of success and keep a successful attitude. Success is 99 percent preparation. If you set yourself up for winning, rarely will you fail.” IfsThinkingSuccessWinningAttitudeSuccessfulPlansFailingPercentPreparationConcrete Author:Peter James
“Most of the people who were responsible for 9/11 are now in custody or have been killed. But there are others, and they plot and they plan, and they hope to pull it off again. And while we have to be right 100 percent of the time, they only have to be right once. So there's no way to overreact to that.” PeopleWayHas BeensPlansPercentResponsiblePlotCustody Author:Condoleezza Rice
“Advance warning of Katrina's path was wrested from mute Nature by meteorological calculations and satellite imagery. God told no one of His plans. Had the residents of New Orleans been content to rely on the beneficence of God, they wouldn't have known that a killer hurricane was bearing down upon them until they felt the first gusts of wind on their faces. And yet, as will come as no surprise to you, a poll conducted by The Washington Post found that 80 percent of Katrina's survivors claim that the event only strengthened their faith in God.” FirstsFacesFoundFeltKnownPathPlansAtheismEventsWindPercentClaimsSurprisePositive AtheismPostsRelySurvivorWarningKillersFaith In GodNew OrleansPollsImageryHurricanesCalculationsMuteSatellitesResidentsKatrinaBeneficence Book:Letter to a Christian Nation Source: Letter to a Christian Nation
“Because the math is, if you - 5 percent of a million is a lot more than 5 percent of a thousand. So yeah, someone who makes more money, numerically, it's gonna be higher. But the greatest gains, percentage-wise, for people, are gonna be at the lower end of our plan.” PeopleIfsEndsMillionsWisePlansHigherThousandPercentGainsYeahMathMore MoneyPercentages Author:Ted Cruz
“It's really important, obviously, for people to realize that it is a very small percentage, only 1 percent of our total economy, of our total budget, and I think that's important for people to know. But I also know that Americans are very generous and that many, many Americans are proud that their taxpayer dollar has saved lives in Africa through the president's malaria initiative or through PEPFAR, the emergency relief plan for AIDS.” PeopleThinkingKnowsImportantPresidentRealizingEconomyPlansProudPercentDollarsAidsSavedBudgetsGenerousReliefInitiativeEmergenciesPercentagesTaxpayersMalaria Author:Laura Bush
“My plan has all that. It's energy independence. It will help our economy. It's a significant tax cut for corporations, including automatic expensing. It's bringing all those profits home from Europe without any taxation. It's lowering our corporate - or our personal rate to 28 percent, the same rate that Ronald Reagan had.” HelpingHomeEnergyEconomyCuttingPlansTaxesPercentEuropeIndependenceRateIncludingProfitSignificantCorporateCorporationsTaxationTax CutsEnergy Independence Author:Sean Hannity
“The key thing about any fund is to make sure its expenses are low. You know, if you look at the funds in your plan and you see that they're all charging 1.5 and 2 percent,you've gota bad plan.” IfsKnowsLooksPlansKeysLowsPercentFundExpensesChargingKey Things Author:William J. Bernstein
“President Lyndon Johnson's administration was known for his War on Poverty. President Obama's will become notable for his War on Prosperity. We're speaking, of course, of Obama's plans to hike income taxes on the most wealthy 2 or 3 percent of the nation. He's not just raising the top rate to 39.6 percent; he's also disallowing about one-third of top earner's deductions, whether for state and local taxes, charitable contributions or mortgage interest. This is an effective hike in their taxes by an average of about 20 percent.” WarStatesCoursesNationsPresidentInterestKnownPovertyPlansTaxesPercentThirdsRateAverageProsperityIncomeLocalsAdministrationContributionWealthyPresident ObamaJohnsonNotableMortgageIncome TaxCharitableDeductionsWar On PovertyPresident Lyndon Johnson Author:Dick Morris
“My financial adviser Ric Edelman...thinks the time to start educating people about money is when they are children. He's set up a retirement plan called the RIC-E-Trust that can provide retirement security. A $5,000 one-time tax-deferred investment at birth, with an average interest rate of ten percent compounded, means that a child would have $2.4 million when he or she is 65 years old. Who needs Social Security with that kind of nest egg?” PeopleThinkingNeedsYearsKindMeanChildrenSocialInterestMillionsPlansSecurityBirthTenTaxesPercentInvestmentRateFinancialAverageEggsRetirementOne TimeSocial SecurityNestsInterest RateAdviser Author:Cal Thomas
“The only kind of work which permits an able woman to realize her abilities fully, to achieve identity in society in a life plan that can encompass marriage and motherhood, is the kind that was forbidden by the feminine mystique, the lifelong commitment to an art or science, to politics or profession. If divorce has increased by one thousand percent, don't blame the women's movement. Blame the obsolete sex roles on which our marriages were based.” IfsKindArtAbleSexRealizingAbilityRolesPlansAchieveMovementIdentityThousandPercentCommitmentBlameDivorceMotherhoodProfessionFemininePermitForbiddenLifelongObsoleteMystiqueFeminine Mystique Author:Betty Friedan
“Under my plan, 85 percent of America will pay no tax or have a flat tax at our lowest rate of 15 percent.” AmericaPayPlansTaxesPercentRateFlatsLowestFlat Tax Author:John McCain
“According to an analysis by the Tax Policy Center, Donald Trump`s tax plan is going to increase the national debt by more than 50 percent over ten years.” YearsPlansPolicyTrumpTenTaxesPercentIncreaseDebtAnalysisNational Debt Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“The idea that Hillary Clinton's plan wants to increase Syrian refuges by 550 percent is very concerning to many Americans. They know what has happened. They know there's home-grown terrorism here.” KnowsWantIdeasHomePlansHappenedPercentIncreaseClintonTerrorismRefuge Author:Kellyanne Conway
“The kind of plan that Donald [Tramp] has put forth would be trickle-down economics all over again. In fact, it would be the most extreme version, the biggest tax cuts for the top percent of the people in this country than we've ever had.” PeopleKindCountryFactsWould BeCuttingPlansTaxesPercentEconomicsExtremesVersionsTax CutsTrampsTrickle DownTrickle Down Economics Author:Hillary Clinton
“You have to abolish pension plans. You have to abolish social spending. You have to raise taxes. You have to have at least fifty percent of the European population emigrate, either to Russia or China. You would have to have mass starvation. Very simple. That's the price that the Eurozone thinks is well worth paying.” ThinkingWellsSocialSimplePlansTaxesMassPercentRaisesPopulationChinaSpendingRussiaFiftyStarvationAbolishPensionEurozonePension Plans Author:Michael Hudson
“Full Medicare-for-all, free choice of doctor and hospital: that comes in sixty to seventy percent without even further explanation. And if you ever explained it, given all the trouble people are having qualifying and not qualifying for all these healthcare so-called insurance plans, it would go up even higher.” PeopleIfsChoicesGivenPlansTroubleHigherPercentDoctorsExplanationHospitalsHealthcareSixtySeventiesMedicareFree ChoiceQualifying Author:Ralph Nader
“It's going to get even worse if Hillary [Clinton] follows her plan that I describe in Reclaiming Our Children. But even now in many, many schools the nurses are giving out more drugs than were given out in children's mental hospitals when I was in training. You can go into a school today and find that ten or twenty percent of the boys are on drugs given by the school nurse. I just recently visited a school where over half of the children were being given drugs.” IfsGivingChildrenTodaySchoolGivenHalfBoysPlansDrugTenTrainingPercentTwentiesOur ChildrenClintonHospitalsNurseSchool Nurse Author:Peter Breggin
“The fact is in a city like Chicago, for example, unemployment in the black community is around 20 percent for adults, 35 percent for youth, they bail out the banks, public schools, there is a deep divide. We need a plan for reconstruction and redevelopment and I hope that - police are the gatekeepers but behind that gate are these problems of disparities and injustice.” NeedsFactsProblemSchoolBlackCommunityCitiesBehindsPlansExampleYouthPercentAdultsPoliceInjusticeGatesChicagoDividesUnemploymentPublic SchoolReconstructionDisparityBlack CommunityBailGatekeepers Author:Jesse Jackson
“Our tax plan by the way shows the vast, vast majority of Americans, upwards of 96 percent can fill out their taxes on a postcard.” WayShowsPlansTaxesPercentMajorityPostcards Author:Paul Ryan
“[Rex] Tillerson himself has no deputy, for example. Latest plans from the [Donald Trump's] administration call for a 37 percent cut to the agency`s budget, 37 percent.” CuttingPlansExampleTrumpPercentAdministrationBudgetsAgencyDeputies Author:Rachel Maddow
“More than 70 percent of seniors are asking for more time. It is long overdue for Congress to listen and make sure that seniors have a prescription drug plan that works for them.” LongPlansDrugPercentAskingCongressMore TimeSeniorPrescriptionsPrescription DrugsOverdue Author:Dan Lipinski
“Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany have detailed plans to cut their greenhouse emissions by 20 to 50 percent.” CuttingPlansPercentGermanyEmissionsGreenhousesDenmarkNetherlands Author:Donella Meadows
“Mr. Obama plans to boost federal spending 25 percent while nearly tripling the national debt over 10 years. Americans know that this kind of spending will have economic consequences, including new taxes being imposed by the new progressives.” KnowsYearsKindPlansEconomicTaxesPercentConsequenceIncludingDebtSpendingBoostNational DebtFederal Spending Author:Karl Rove
“In Pennsylvania, 38 percent of Pennsylvania seniors chose to get their Medicare from a plan called Medicare Advantage. It's their choice. Forty-seven percent of them are going to lose it under 'Obamacare' according to Medicare by 2017.” ChoicesLosesPlansPercentAdvantageSevenFortySeniorObamacareMedicarePennsylvania Author:Paul Ryan
“When you get into the whole field of exploring, probably 90 percent of the kinds of organisms, plants, animals and especially microorganisms and tiny invertebrate animals are unknown. Then you realize that we live on a relatively unexplored plan.” KindWholeRealizingAnimalPlansFieldsPercentPlantTinyOrganismsExploringUnexploredMicroorganismsInvertebrates Author:E. O. Wilson