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Under the administration of George W. Bush, you will recall, feder

Under the administration of George W. Bush, you will recall, federal spending grew pretty significantly. At the same time, the number of people directly employed by the federal government shrank. One of the factors that explained the difference was contracting. – Thomas Frank

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The only truly individualistic health-care choice – where you receive care that is unpolluted by anyone elses funds – is to forgo insurance altogether, paying out-of-pocket for health services as you need them. – Thomas Frank

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As you may recall, Truman was extremely unpopular when he finally left Washington in 1953, thanks largely to the Korean War. Today, however, he is thought to have been a solidly good president, a Near Great even, in the terminology of those surveys of historians they do every now and then. – Thomas Frank

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Selling public property is the true Chicago way. Had Mr. Obama not been elected president, the nations business journals would be falling over one another to praise his city for its daring, market-friendly innovations. – Thomas Frank

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Where might is mixed with wit, there is too good an accord in a government. – Elizabeth I

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The Left regards the Constitution as defective and outmoded – in part because it impedes the governments ability to control institutions, like churches and families, which stand between the state and individuals. – Gary Bauer

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I was elected to come to an incredibly dysfunctional capital and make the government work better, and thats what Im doing. – Andrew Cuomo

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You know, I have found a new way to get high and stay spaced out for hours on end, and the government cant stop me… Its called senility. – Robert Anton Wilson

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Your cat may never have to hunt farther than the kitchen counter for its supper nor face a predator more fierce than the vacuum cleaner. – Barbara L. Diamond

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The government, for example, has determined that black people (somehow) have fewer abilities than white people, and, so, must be given certain preferences. Anyone acquainted with both black and white people knows this assessment is not only absurd but monstrous. And yet it is the law. – David Mamet

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Success has nothing to do with happiness. – Gillian Anderson

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If you actually want to change your world, there is a better way of doing it than blowing yourself up. – Salman Rushdie

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