“American voters should understand that Congress will always find a way to spend every last dollar sent to Washington. Remember, politicians get votes by promising everything to everyone, always at the expense of some other invisible taxpayers. ...The federal government cannot maintain a budget surplus any more than an alcoholic can leave a fresh bottle of whiskey untouched in the cupboard.” WayShouldGovernmentLastsRememberPoliticsPoliticianVoteDollarsCongressInvisibleBudgetsExpensesVotersBottlesFederal GovernmentAlcoholicsTaxpayersWhiskeySurplusCupboardsAmerican Voters Author:Ron Paul
“I learned early that business is business and politics is politics. The proof is how few important businessmen have made good politicians. They may think that they are very smart about everything because they made millions of dollars by digging a hole in the ground and finding oil, but the talent and luck needed to become rich are not the same talent and luck needed to succeed on Parliament Hill.” ThinkingMayMadeImportantMillionsRichTalentNeededPoliticianSucceedFindingsSmartLuckDollarsOilProofHolesHillsBusinessmanParliamentDiggingVery SmartBecome RichGood PoliticiansDigging A Hole Author:Jean Chretien
“Have you ever noticed that the only metaphor we have in our public discourse for solving problems is to declare war on it? We have the war on crime, the war on cancer, the war on drugs. But did you ever notice that we have no war on homelessness? You know why? Because there's no money in that problem. No money to be made off of the homeless. If you can find a solution to homelessness where the corporations and politicians can make a few million dollars each, you will see the streets of America begin to clear up pretty damn quick!” IfsKnowsMadeWarProblemAmericaMillionsClearStreetsCrimePoliticianDrugSolutionsDollarsMetaphorCancerCorporationsDamnProblem SolvingHomelessDiscourseHomelessnessMillion DollarsNo MoneyWar On DrugsNo WarPublic Discourse Author:George Carlin
“Tax reduction has an almost irresistible appeal to the politician, and it is no doubt also gratifying to the citizen. It means more dollars in his pocket, dollars that he can spend if inflation doesn't consume them first. But dollars in his pocket won't buy him clean streets or an adequate police force or good schools or clean air and water. Handing money back to the private sector in tax cuts and starving the public sector is a formula for producing richer and richer consumers in filthier and filthier communities. If we stick to that formula we shall end up in affluent misery.” IfsFirstsMeanEndsSchoolForceWaterCommunityDoubtCuttingAirStreetsCitizensPoliticianTaxesPoliceDollarsMiseryCleanSticksAppealsConsumersNo DoubtPocketsFormulasAdequateInflationStarvingIrresistibleReductionPrivate SectorTax CutsAffluentPolice ForcePublic SectorClean AirGood SchoolAir And Water Book:The Recovery of Confidence Source: The Recovery of Confidence
“A system that rewards politicians skilled at campaigning - which is the art of creating an illusion - and that puts hundreds of billions of coerced taxpayer dollars at the disposal of the winners will tend to attract men and women with a comparative advantage in manipulation.” MenArtPoliticianCreatingIllusionMen And WomenAdvantageDollarsRewardsBillionsWinnerManipulationTaxpayersCampaigningComparative Advantage Author:John Stossel
“Aren't you tired of these career politicians on the left side of the aisle moralizing about the greed of the 'wealthy' when these same politicians habitually buy votes with borrowed dollars? Who are they to lecture those who actually produce and contribute to the economy?” LeftSidesCareersEconomyProducePoliticianVoteTiredDollarsGreedWealthyLecturesBorrowedAisleMoralizingCareer Politicians Author:David Limbaugh
“The primary factor that enables our government to peddle economic snake oil is the dollar's unique role as the world's reserve currency, and our creditors' willingness to preserve its status. By buying up dollars and loaning them back to us through Treasury debt, productive countries give American politicians cart blanche to play Santa Claus.” WorldGivingCountryPlayGovernmentRolesEconomicPoliticianUniqueDollarsDebtOilFactorsPrimariesPreservesBuyingProductiveWillingnessCurrencyReservesSnakesSantaSanta ClausTreasuryCartsCreditorsBlanche Author:Peter Schiff
“As boom- and bust-prone as high finance always has been and remains, the greatest systemic risk to our economy is not Wall Street. It's the growing federal debt (and weakening dollar) being enacted by those Washington politicians - the ones who want to protect us from Wall Street.” WantHas BeensEconomyGrowingRiskStreetsWallPoliticianProtectRemainsDollarsDebtFinanceWeakening Author:Tony Blankley
“While big corporations make huge, tax-free profits, taxes for the everyday working person skyrocket. While politicians take free trips around the world, those same politicians cut back food stamps for the poor. While politicians increase their salaries, millions of people are being laid off. I do not understand a government so willing to spend millions of dollars on arms, to explore outer space, even the planet Jupiter, and at the same time close down day care centers and fire stations.” PeopleWorldPersonsBigsGovernmentCareSpacePoorMillionsFireCuttingWillingPlanetsHugeArmsPoliticianTaxesIncreaseDollarsEverydayProfitAround The WorldCorporationsStationsStampsSalaryOuter SpaceJupiterFood StampsBig CorporationsDay CareLaid Off Book:Assata: An Autobiography Source: Assata: An Autobiography
“After a decade of profligacy, the American people are tired of politicians who talk the talk but don't walk the walk when it comes to fiscal responsibility. It's easy to get up in front of the cameras and rant against exploding deficits. What's hard is actually getting deficits under control. But that's what we must do. Like families across the country, we have to take responsibility for every dollar we spend.” PeopleCountryHardEasyWalksResponsibilityFrontsPoliticianCamerasTiredDollarsDecadesGet UpTaking ResponsibilityDeficitEasy To GetExplodingRantLike FamilyFiscal Responsibility Author:Barack Obama
“As a result of the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, American democracy is being undermined by the ability of the Koch brothers and other billionaire families. These wealthy contributors can literally buy politicians and elections by spending hundreds of millions of dollars in support of the candidates of their choice. We need to overturn Citizens United and move toward public funding of elections so that all candidates can run for office without being beholden to the wealthy and powerful.” NeedsRunningMovingChoicesAbilityDecisionUnitedResultsPowerfulMillionsSupportDemocracyBrotherCitizensPoliticianOfficeElectionCourtDollarsSpendingSupremeCandidatesWealthySupreme CourtFundingBillionaireContributorsAmerican DemocracyCourt DecisionCitizens United Author:Bernie Sanders
“There are big questions about the sort of skills you need in modern government today. You put politicians in charge of billions of dollars with absolutely no training and very little support system around them. It's an extraordinary thing.” NeedsLittlesBigsGovernmentTodaySupportModernPoliticianSkillsTrainingDollarsExtraordinaryBillionsExtraordinary ThingsBig QuestionsSupport Systems Author:Tony Blair
“I think that many citizens understand how our system works, or rather, fails to work, for structural reasons. But who has the capacity and the incentives to bring change? The banks and other corporations love the system because it allows them to buy legislation that serves their own interests even at the expense of the vast majority of citizens. Incumbent politicians love the system because it allows them to raise millions of dollars toward defending their seats.” ThinkingReasonInterestMillionsFailingCitizensPoliticianCapacityRaisesMajorityDollarsCorporationsSeatsExpensesLegislationIncentivesIncumbents Author:Thomas Pogge
“People who are disenfranchised politically and people who are poor often don't vote. They often don't elect politicians, so the politicians who are supporting them are really being very charitable, because they're not going to give them billions of dollars in campaign funds.” PeopleGivingPoorPoliticianVoteDollarsBillionsCampaignsFundCharitableDisenfranchised Author:Joyce Carol Oates