Government Truisms
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Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose
you were a member of Congress...But then I repeat myself.
  - Mark Twain

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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

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

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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

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

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Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer
of money from poor people in rich countries
to rich people in poor countries.   
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Douglas Casey, Classmate of Bill Clinton at
Georgetown Univ.

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Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.- P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian

 
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Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.  
- Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)

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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)

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

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               medicare
If you think health care is expensive now,
wait until you see what it costs when it's free!    
- P.J. O'Rourke

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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)

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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.)

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No man's life, liberty, or property is safe
while the legislature is in session.  
- Mark Twain (1866)


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Talk is cheap...except when Congress does it.- Unknown
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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

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The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.- Mark Twain

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The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.- Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
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There is no distinctly native American criminal class...save Congress.  - Mark Twain

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What this country needs are more unemployed
politicians.- Edward Langley, Artist (1928 - 1995)

 
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Thief

A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.    - Thomas Jefferson

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"Government is not the solution to our problem;
government is the problem...if no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us
has the capacity to govern someone else?"
~ Ronald Reagan, First Inaugural Address, January 20, 1981.
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'Qui tacet consentit'  ~ He who is silent consents.
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In regards to INCOME TAX…..What does the word VOLUNTARY mean to you ???
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“Let me point this out now: Your income tax is 100% voluntary tax, and your liquor tax is 100 percent enforced tax. Now, the situation is as different as night and day. Consequently, your same rules just will not apply...”----Sworn testimony by Dwight E. Avis, then head of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division of the IRS
[Hint: If it was mandatory would they tell you it was voluntary? When have you ever known government to do something voluntarily when they have the power to do so mandatorily and enforced? {like Liquor tax}. Do you want to learn more…for FREE? Read this best seller book by Irwin Schiff (The Federal Mafia) that the government thought so powerful in truth that they banned its sale.  http://www.paynoincometax.com/federalmafia.htm.]