29 January 2008
A Little Government Humor
Posted by Terrie Soberg under: Humor .
Thanks to Cas for sending us something to lighten the mood on a tense day. A lot of truth is embedded in this comedy.
“If you don’t read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.”
-Mark Twain
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.
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.- George Bernard Shaw.
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.
Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.-James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.-Douglas Casey, Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown University
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.-P.J. O’Rourke, Civil Libertarian
Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.-Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)
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)
I don’t make jokes I just watch the government and report the facts.-Will Rogers
If you think health care is expensive now,wait until you see what it costs when it’s free! (this is what will happen if Hillary gets her way - Gil)
-P.J. O’Rourke
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)
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.)
No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.-Mark Twain (1866)
Talk is cheap…except when Congress does it.-Unknown
The government is like a baby’s alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other.-Ronald Reagan
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
The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.-Mark Twain
The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.-Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
There is no distinctly Native American criminal class…save Congress.-Mark Twain
What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.-Edward Langley, Artist (1928 - 1995)
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.-Thomas Jefferson
3 Comments so far...
Stumpy Says:
29 January 2008 at 12:06 pm.
Excuse me Mr. McCain. Please come here and study the economy. Were making it easy for you. Read the stuff up there. My favorites for your economy school are below.
The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.
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)
jobob911 Says:
29 January 2008 at 1:31 pm.
These were all really funny. My favorites were the ones by Mark Twain.
S.J. Says:
29 January 2008 at 4:16 pm.
I’ve seen this before but not put together in such a cool way. I’m going to email this to friends. Thanks.
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