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In a very weak economy, when you say cut government spending, what

In a very weak economy, when you say cut government spending, what you mean is youre laying off school teachers and youre de-funding various programs that put money into the economy. This means you have more unemployed people that then draw unemployment benefits and dont pay taxes. – Fareed Zakaria

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The Berlin Wall wasnt the only barrier to fall after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Traditional barriers to the flow of money, trade, people and ideas also fell. – Fareed Zakaria

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War
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But as the arms-control scholar Thomas Schelling once noted, two things are very expensive in international life: promises when they succeed and threats when they fail. – Fareed Zakaria

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Promises
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Americans have so far put up with inequality because they felt they could change their status. They didnt mind others being rich, as long as they had a path to move up as well. The American Dream is all about social mobility in a sense – the idea that anyone can make it. – Fareed Zakaria

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If the government fails to listen to your demands, then you will decide what is best for you. – Muqtada al Sadr

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My house was bugged. They couldnt find any information on me being a subversive because I happen to love America I just dont like some of the things the government is doing. – Eartha Kitt

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Government

Who can be against progress, after all? But its a fraudulent use of the word – because for the Progressive, progress is marked not be how free you are, but how much government can do for you. – Rick Perry

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Government

The fact that political ideologies are tangible realities is not a proof of their vitally necessary character. The bubonic plague was an extraordinarily powerful social reality, but no one would have regarded it as vitally necessary. – Wilhelm Reich

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Government

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