Observations On The Gov'ment
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Suppose you were an idiot.  And suppose you were a member of Congress.  But 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

Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.-James Bovard. Civil Libertarian (1994)

I don't make jokes.  I just watch government and report the facts.-Will Rogers

Government's view of the economy could be summed up kin a few short phrases:

If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.    -Ronald Regan (1986)

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.-George Bernard Shaw

Talk is cheap-except when Congress does it.-Mark Twain