“The biggest threat to the American people today lies with the United States government. ... [T]he long-term solution is to dismantle, not reform, the iron fist of the welfare state and the controlled economy. This includes the end (not the reform) of the IRS, the DEA, the BATF, the SEC, the FDA, HUD, the departments of HHS, Labor, Agriculture, and energy, and every other agency that takes money from some and gives it to others or interferes with peaceful behavior.” PeopleGivingLongEndsStatesGovernmentTodayLyingEnergyTermUnitedUnited StatesEconomyBehaviorSolutionsLaborThreatPeacefulReformWelfareLong TermAgencyDepartmentIronControlledAgricultureInterfereFistsState GovernmentWelfare StateIrsFdaUnited States Government Author:Jacob G. Hornberger
“I worry that the Senate is working to consider a series of little-noticed provisions in comprehensive immigration reform that may provide a pathway to a national ID card for all individuals present in the United States - citizens and noncitizens.” MayLittlesStatesIndividualUnitedWorryUnited StatesCitizensSeriesImmigrationCardsReformSenateProvisionComprehensivePathwaysImmigration Reform Author:Rand Paul
“We've got to have major health care reform because that is the 800-pound gorilla. That is the thing that can swamp the boat fiscally for the United States.” StatesCareUnitedUnited StatesMajorsBoatReformHealth CarePoundsSwampsGorillasHealth Care Reform Author:Kent Conrad
“What, after all, is the narrative of the American Dream? It was a discourse formulated between the 1880s and the 1920s in the United States during the great waves of migration and expansion and reforms of the Progressive Era.” StatesDreamUnitedUnited StatesWaveReformErasNarrativeProgressiveAmerican DreamExpansionDiscourseMigration Author:Naomi Wolf
“President Vladimir Putin continues to call for new peace plans as his troops roll through the Ukrainian countryside and he absolutely ignores every agreement that his country has signed in the past and he has signed recently, we, the United States, and Europe as a whole, have to stand with Ukraine at this moment. Ukraine needs our financial assistance and support as it pursues reforms and even in the face, in the face of this military onslaught.” NeedsCountryStatesWholeMomentsPastFacesPeacePresidentUnitedUnited StatesSupportPlansMilitaryEuropeFinancialPursueReformAgreementTroopsAssistancePutinUkraineCountrysideUkrainianFinancial Assistance Author:Joe Biden
“The United Nations is an indispensable but deeply flawed organization. It is valuable to the United States, and the United States is invaluable to it. We need to reform it.” NeedsStatesNationsUnitedUnited StatesOrganizationValuableReformIndispensableUnited NationsFlawedInvaluable Author:Richard Holbrooke
“In 2013 Citigroup had profits of $6.4 billion in the United States. They paid no federal income tax and, in fact, received a rebate from the IRS of $260 million. That same year J.P. Morgan had $17.2 billion in profits in the U.S. They also paid no federal income tax. Do you think it's time for tax reform?” ThinkingYearsStatesFactsUnitedMillionsUnited StatesTaxesPaidProfitBillionsIncomeReformIncome TaxIrsTax Reform Author:Bernie Sanders