Quotes

"Fascism and communism both promise "social welfare," "social justice," and "fairness" to justify authoritarian means and extensive arbitrary and discretionary governmental powers." - F. A. Hayek"

"Life is a Bungling process and in no way educational." in James M. Cain

Jean Giraudoux who first said, “Only the mediocre are always at their best.”

If you have ten thousand regulations, you destroy all respect for the law. Sir Winston Churchill

"summum ius summa iniuria" ("More laws, more injustice.") Cicero

As Christopher Hitchens once put it, “The essence of tyranny is not iron law; it is capricious law.”

"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

"Law is where you buy it." Raymond Chandler

"Why did God make so many damn fools and Democrats?" Clarence Day

"If I feel like feeding squirrels to the nuts, this is the place for it." - Cluny Brown

"Oh, pshaw! When yu' can't have what you choose, yu' just choose what you have." Owen Wister "The Virginian"

Oscar Wilde said about the death scene in Little Nell, you would have to have a heart of stone not to laugh.

Thomas More's definition of government as "a conspiracy of rich men procuring their own commodities under the name and title of a commonwealth.” ~ Winston S. Churchill, A History of the English Speaking Peoples

“Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.” ~ Jonathon Swift

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Wasters -its not their money! - Lawmakers from N.J. and N.Y. outraged over Port Authority spending, call for rollback of toll hike

Quasi-government - not responsible to anyone and waste without any check.
Tolls in the tunnels are now $12 per car and toll takers sit in toll booths, even when it is EZ-Pass-only, and collect up to $100,000+ in pay a year.

Lawmakers from N.J. and N.Y. outraged over Port Authority spending, call for rollback of toll hike | NJ.com
By Steve Strunsky/The Star-Ledger
February 09, 2012

Citing an audit critical of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, lawmakers from the two states are calling on the two governors to back bills intended to boost accountability at the agency.

The lawmakers — New Jersey Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Bergen) and New York State Senator Andrew Lanza (R-Staten Island) — are also calling for a rollback of the Port Authority toll hike imposed in September.

"Yesterday’s report on the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is nothing short of an indictment of Port Authority operations," Lanza said in a statement Wednesday.

The report outlined the first phase of a financial review ordered by Gov. Chris Christie and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo as a condition of their approving a multi-year toll hike in August.

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