“Slapping a catchy acronym like the JOBS Act on a piece of legislation makes it more difficult for politicians to oppose it - and indeed that's what happened with the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act.” JobsDifficultPiecesHappenedPoliticianLegislationCatchySlappingAcronymsJumpstart Author:Steven Rattner
“One problem with politics is that it is a zero sum game, i.e. politicians argue how to cut the pie smaller and smaller, by reshuffling pieces of the pie. I think this is destructive. Instead, we should be creating a bigger pie, i.e. funding the science that is the source of all our prosperity. Science is not a zero sum game.” ThinkingShouldProblemGamesPiecesCuttingSourcePoliticianCreatingBiggerProsperityArguingDestructiveZeroPieFundingZero Sum Game Author:Michio Kaku
“The question is, why are politicians so eager to be president? What is it about the job that makes it worth revealing, on national television, that you have the ethical standards of a slime-coated piece of industrial waste?” JobsPresidentPiecesTelevisionPoliticianWasteStandardsEthicalRevealingSlimeEthical Standards Author:Dave Barry