"You politicians have got to look further ahead. You always got a putter in your hands, when you ought to have a driver."
The Ghost of Will Rogers
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"I'm not a member of any organized political party, I'm a Democrat.
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"So you're saying, if I lie here in the gutter long enough, someone will come along and trickle on me?" Eddie Murphy - 'Trading Places'
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"Our financial ills will never be settled till you fix it so every man will pay an income tax on what he earns, be it a farm, grocery store, or municipal or government bonds."
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"If we have Senators and Congressmen there that can't protect themselves against the evil temptations of lobbyists, we don't need to change our lobbies, we need to change our representatives. "
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History lesson: In 1930, when the Republicans passed the Smoot Hawley tarrifs, unemployment doubled in the 1st year. It doubled again in the 2nd. Trump may not like the new job numbers, but history shows that they were to be expected.
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"If your income taxes go to help out the less fortunate, there could be no legitimate kick against it in the world. This is becoming the richest, and the poorest country in the world. Why? Why, on account of an unequal distribution of the money."
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This 👇
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"Government investigations have always contributed more to our amusement than they have to our knowledge. "
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Right? I pose the question; What kind of low life would vote for such a reprehensible human being? What broke in your brain to make that sort of behavior seem acceptable?
