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

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

"Baghdad Jim" : How Many Things Can Jim McDermott Get Wrong in Five Minutes?

He is the embodiment of Government mendacity and arrogance. He thinks all things come from the government and citizens before him are a bunch out of control Constitutionalist who need correcting, suppressing and taxing.  Jim McDermott a big reason we hold government in such low regard. He is the lowest of low. How dare he? m/r


The American Spectator : How Many Things Can Jim McDermott Get Wrong in Five Minutes?

By  on 6.5.13 
Some Dems will say anything to keep the IRS from being audited.
The answer is six, not to give away the ending. Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) attacked victims of IRS targeting at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing today, saying that it was their fault they were targeted because they applied for tax-exempt status. 
In a five-minute span, these are the things McDermott got wrong.
(1) “None of your organizations were kept from organizing, or silenced.”
Technically, sure. But failing to make these groups 501(c)(3)s or 501(c)(4)s infringed on their First Amendment rights. Had these groups been treated fairly, their donor lists would not be public. Because they were not granted tax-exempt status, however, many witnesses testified that their donors were fearful of giving.
Kevin Kookogey, president of Linchpins for Liberty, which educates high school and college students about the Constitution, lost a $30,000 grant because he wasn’t granted tax-exempt status. “Because I did not get status, everything effectively stopped,” he said. If that isn’t being silenced, what is?
(2) “We’re talking about whether or not the American taxpayers will subsidize your work” (and) “With your applications, you are asking the American public to pay for that work.”
The idea that these groups would be subsidized by taxpayers is completely false. Being given tax-exempt status and being subsidized are two very different things. 501(c) groups are tax-exempt, meaning they do not have to pay at least some federal taxes. They are not subsidized, which would mean their activities are at least partially funded by taxpayer money.
-four more outrages from this pompous twit at the link-
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