·       Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Parliament, but then I repeat myself. ---Mark Twain

·       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....... from Paul. ----George Bernard Shaw

·       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,

·       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

·       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)

·       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

Hi Nick!

Well, well, well!!  POLITICS - GOVERNMENTS - I don't think there is a government or a politician out there in any country who wouldn't be willing to take the shirts off of our backs -

Even though these are so true, they were fun!! 

Thanks Nick, I can tell you went to considerable work to get this together - it's a great post!Judy

My Dear Judy

Thank you for your reply. I would not have known you came by if I did not check how many views there were. I guess we are still having problems.

Nick,

Great work!

You do realize that a GOVERNMENT is the largest form of PYRAMID SCHEME that can exist!

Only the politicians can make money, line their pockets through their Pork Barrel Schemes at the expense of the poor person that has to pay taxes.

And yet they try to regulate network marketing, MLM programs because they don't have their fingers in the pie.

I do believe that if they would put a politician at the head of every marketing program anything, and everything would be classed as being legal.