This one came from the mil email string…
Government observations…
‘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 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,
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: 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 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)
AND THE BEST ONE…….
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
-Thomas Jefferson
Lotta truth there. Sigh…
All dismally true, and just as true now as when they were coined.
Humor and wisdom often go hand in hand.
Hey Old NFO;
Those are true with a humorous undertone.
Ed- Yep!
Ian- Sadly, and yes…
Jim- That they do!
Bob- Those folks DID have a way with words!
At 73, I’m feeling blessed.
-We’re on a fixed income but, barring the SHTF scenario, that income is sufficient to live pretty comfortably. So Biden-
Bring it on.
-We’ve lived a life that kids today will enjoy by watching “American Graffiti” over and over.
-And we won’t be burdened with this massive national debt for the majority of our lives. (However, SHTF is a distinct possibility because of it.)
We live in interesting times, don’t we? 😉
Those men are extremely optimistic, aren’t they?
Alas, too true.
GB- Yep, doing the same down here. Cutting back on extraneous ‘nice to have’ stuff until I see which way things are going to fall out.
Bob- Maybe…
WSF- Yep
True