“President Obama likes to talk about the Buffett Rule. Well, here's a Buffett Rule that all Americans should be able to support: mom and pop businesses should not pay a higher tax rate than Fortune 500 corporations like Warren Buffett's.” ShouldWellsAblePresidentPaySupportMomHigherTaxesFortuneRatePopsLikesCorporationsPresident ObamaBuffettWarren Buffet Author:Rob Portman
“Well, I think as long as people are talking about stimulus, I think the Fed will be thinking about cutting rates because monetary policy is the better way to go because you can turn it on and turn it off.” PeopleThinkingWayWellsLongTurnsTalkingEconomyCuttingPolicyRateFedsStimulusBetter WaysMonetaryMonetary Policy Author:Franklin Raines
“Thus each extreme to equal danger tends, Plenty, as well as Want, can sep'rate friends.” WantWellsDangerEqualRateExtremesPlenty Author:Abraham Cowley
“We're focused on doing the things that make the economy perform well, and as you do that, reduce deficits, for one, very important; secondly, keep growth rates high, very important.” WellsImportantGrowthEconomyRateFocusedDeficit Author:John W. Snow
“Terence, this is stupid stuff: You eat your victuals fast enough; There can't be much amiss, 'tis clear, To see the rate you drink your beer. But oh, good Lord, the verse you make, It gives a chap the belly-ache. The cow, the old cow, she is dead; It sleeps well the horned head: We poor lads, 'tis our turn now To hear such tunes as killed the cow. Pretty friendship 'tis to rhyme Your friends to death before their time. Moping, melancholy mad: Come, pipe a tune to dance to, lad.” GivingWellsEnoughTurnsStuffSleepPoorLordClearStupidDrinkHumorousMadRateBeerTunesMelancholyCowsVersesRhymeBellyAchePipeLadChapsSleep Well Author:A. E. Housman
“Well, I think we are seeing some shifts in manufacturing. China, when you go in and you talk to the big manufacturers there, the biggest problems in mainland China are recruiting and retention. There isn't an endless supply of cheap labor anymore in China. And it's now true that the labor rates in Mexico are lower than in China.” ThinkingWellsProblemBigsSeeingLaborRateChinaEndlessMexicoManufacturingRetentionCheap Labor Author:Rodney Brooks