“I must speak the truth, even at the risk of being ostracized by my fellow scribblers. In fact, anticipating their rage, I have already applied for a place in the Canada Council's witness-protection program. This because, much as it pains me to turn on my kind, I fear the time has come to admit that far too many celebrated writers were outrageous liars, philanderers, drunks, druggies, unsuitable babysitters, plagiarists, psychopaths, parasites, cowards, indifferent dads or moms and bad credit risks.” KindFactsPainTurnsSpeakRiskMomDadProgramFellowsCreditProtectionRageWitnessCanadaLiarsCowardIndifferentCouncilTurn-onOutrageousSpeak The TruthPsychopathParasitesBabysitterPhilandererDruggies Author:Mordecai Richler
“Puerto Rico loses out on billions of dollars annually because it is treated unequally under a range of federal programs, including tax credits available to millions of households in the States that do not pay federal income taxes.” StatesLosesPayMillionsTaxesProgramDollarsIncludingAvailableCreditBillionsIncomeTreatedRangeHouseholdIncome TaxPuerto RicoRico Author:Pedro Pierluisi
“Like sugar and, oh - let's say the most tabloidy and gossipy reality television programs - credit is, for millions, genuinely addictive.” RealityMillionsTelevisionProgramCreditSugarReality Television Author:Tom Shales
“Unfortunately, the elimination of incentives such as parole, good time credits and funding for college courses, means that fewer inmates participate in and excel in literacy, education, treatment and other development programs.” MeanCoursesEducationCollegeDevelopmentProgramCreditGood TimesTreatmentFewerLiteracyIncentivesFundingEliminationParoleInmatesCollege Courses Author:Bobby Scott
“"Thanks," many small businesspeople are saying, "but no thanks. Forget the government credits and loan programs, and just get rid of all the bureaucratic red tape and high taxes which make it hard to build businesses, hire employees and meet our payroll."” HardGovernmentForgetTaxesRedProgramCreditThanksEmployeeTapeSmall BusinessLoanPayrollRed TapeHigh Taxes Author:Oliver DeMille
“Consumer spending is now plunging at serious-recession rate ... even if the rescue now in train succeeds in unfreezing credit markets, the real economy has immense downward momentum. In addition to financial rescues, we need major stimulus programs.” IfsNeedsRealEconomySeriousSucceedMajorsProgramTrainRateFinancialCreditSpendingConsumersImmenseRescueMomentumStimulusRecessions Author:Paul Krugman
“The most pernicious of his [Obama] proposals will be the massive Make Work Pay refundable tax credit. Dressed up as a tax cut, it will be a national welfare program, guaranteeing a majority of American households an annual check to 'refund' taxes they never paid. And it will eliminate the need for about 20% of American households to pay income taxes, lifting the proportion that need not do so to a majority of the voting population.” NeedsPayCuttingTaxesProgramPaidMajorityPopulationCreditIncomeChecksWelfareProportionVotingMassiveHouseholdProposalLiftingIncome TaxAnnualsDressed UpTax CutsPerniciousRefundsWelfare Programs Author:Dick Morris
“Sometimes I wonder how much of these debates have to do with the desire, the legitimate desire, for that history to be recognized. Because there is a psychic power to the recognition that is not satisfied with a universal program, it's not satisfied by the Affordable Care Act, or an expansion of Pell grants, or an expansion of the earned-income tax credit.” SometimesCareDesireWonderTaxesProgramUniversalCreditDebateIncomeSatisfiedRecognitionGrantsExpansionPsychicsAffordableIncome TaxSometimes I WonderAffordable Care ActPell Grants Author:Barack Obama
“Successful programs consist of people working hard, working together, while never worrying about who gets the credit.” PeopleHardTogetherWorrySuccessfulHard WorkBasketballProgramCreditCoachingWorking TogetherBasketball CoachingInspirational BasketballMotivational BasketballBasketball CoachBasketball MotivationBasketball TeamGood BasketballBasketball SuccessBasketball Winning Author:Don Meyer
“Every year the Federal Government wastes billions of dollars as a result of overpayments of government agencies, misuse of government credit cards, abuse of the Federal entitlement programs, and the mismanagement of the Federal bureaucracy.” YearsGovernmentResultsWasteProgramAbuseDollarsCreditBillionsCardsAgencyFederal GovernmentBureaucracyEntitlementCredit CardMisuseGovernment BureaucracyMismanagementEntitlement ProgramsGovernment AgenciesGovernment Waste Author:Chris Chocola
“Certainly people are always very envious of me. When I join a new theater company, the other actors look down the program, see my Return of the Jedi credit and say, 'Oh, you were part of Star Wars.' I smile and say, 'Yes, but only for twenty-six and a half seconds.'” PeopleLooksWarActorsStarsHalfCompanyReturnSixProgramTwentiesTheaterCreditSecondsEnviousI Smile Author:Caroline Blakiston