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If you don’t read the newspaper you are uninformed; if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed. -Mark Twain<\/p>\n

Suppose you were an idiot.\u00a0 And suppose you were a member of Congress… …. But then I repeat myself.\u00a0\u00a0 -Mark Twain<\/p>\n

I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.\u00a0\u00a0 -Winston Churchill<\/p>\n

Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries -Douglas Casey,<\/p>\n

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.\u00a0\u00a0 -P.J. O’Rourke, Civil Libertarian<\/p>\n

Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases:\u00a0 If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. -Ronald Reagan (1986)<\/p>\n

I don’t make jokes… I just watch the government and report the facts. -Will Rogers<\/p>\n

If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it’s free! – P.J. O’Rourke<\/p>\n

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you! -Pericles (430 B.C.)<\/p>\n

There is no distinctly Native American criminal class…save congress.\u00a0\u00a0 -Mark Twain<\/p>\n

What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. -Edward Langley, Artist (1928 -1995)<\/p>\n

A government big enough to give you\u00a0 everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. -Thomas\u00a0 Jefferson<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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