This one is simply too good not to post…
And here is some political humor (more or less) to go with it…
‘If you don’t read the newspaper you are uninformed; if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.’ -Mark Twain
Suppose you were an idiot. And then suppose you were a member of Congress… But then I repeat myself. -Mark Twain
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. -Winston Churchill
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. – George Bernard Shaw
A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money. -G. Gordon Liddy
Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. -James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries. -Douglas Casey, Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown University
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. -P.J. O’Rourke, Civil Libertarian
Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. -Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)
Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. -Ronald Reagan (1986)
I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. -Will Rogers
If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it’s free! -P.J. O’Rourke
In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. -Voltaire (1764)
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.)
No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. -Mark Twain (1866 )
Talk is cheap…except when Congress does it. -Unknown
The government is like a baby’s alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other. -Ronald Reagan
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery. -Winston Churchill
The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. -Mark Twain
The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of their folly is to fill the world with fools. -Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
There is no distinctly Native American criminal class…save Congress. -Mark Twain
What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. -Edward Langley, Artist (1928 – 1995)
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. -Thomas Jefferson
Great clip! Funny!
This is my favorite from your list:
“Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. -P.J. O’Rourke, Civil Libertarian”
Why is it that we are all so GD dumb? That ode about history repeating itself is played out over and over in this country ad nauseum!(sp).I couldn’t agree more with ALL of the list,but my favorite item to pick on is ALWAYS foreign aid! I understand why we do it but the “process” is so flawed as to be completely ludicrous! Billions to people who hate us,(egypt) and turn it’s use back on us with unmitigated evil intent! If we just stopped it all on a certain date and made them all reapply for help, we could weed out those have us in their sights for destruction! ‘Nough rantin!
RT, I agree, O’Rourke is pretty much dead on. My all time favorite is Will Rogers quote.
Ev, what you propose is perfect, the only flaw is Congress would never allow that to happen, because they would lose too many donors… sigh…
Funny stuff! I made it my post of the week and also linked you up. (Should have don that before pal!)