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

Friday, December 3, 2010

Menendez on Negotiating with Republicans

Maybe he can be gently reminded that IT'S NOT HIS MONEY!!!!!!!
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Menendez on Negotiating with Republicans - National Review Online

Menendez on Negotiating with Republicans

By Matthew Shaffer
Posted on December 03, 2010 3:13 PM

Democrats appear increasingly exasperated by Republicans’ resolve to extend all of the Bush tax cuts. After denouncing Republicans in a series of long and impassioned speeches on the Senate floor, a group of Democratic Senators including Claire McCaskill, Chuck Schumer, and Bob Menendez held a press conference to accuse Republicans of holding middle-class tax cuts “hostage” in order to protect tax cuts on high earners. Senator Menendez made the metaphor more explicit when asked whether he would be willing to compromise with Republicans: “Do you allow yourself to be held hostage and get something done for the sake of getting something done, when in fact it might be perverse in its ultimate results?” he asked. “It’s almost like,” he said, “the question of do you negotiate with terrorists.”


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