#politicians

Democrats want to use government power to make people's lives go better; Republicans respond that people know more than politicians do. We think that both might be able to agree that nudging can maintain free markets, and liberty, while also inclining people in good directions. ↗

— Cass Sunstein

#agree #also #better #both #democrats

Politicians also have a love affair with the 'small business exemption.' Too much paperwork? Too heavy a burden? Not enough time? Just exempt small businesses from the rule. It sounds so pro-growth. Instead it's an admission that the costs of a regulation just can't be justified. ↗

— John Sununu

#affair #also #burden #business #businesses

There are dumb actors. But there are dumb politicians and dumb bakers. ↗

— Tim Robbins

#politicians

Politicians have limited power. They can't impose morality on themselves. How can they impose it on the country? ↗

— Cal Thomas

#how #impose #limited #morality #politicians

I feel sorry for many politicians... we expect them to be completely consistent and moralised when we're not. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#consistent #expect #feel #i #i feel

Interviewing politicians and movie stars, you know what you'll get. I like the people-stories better. ↗

— Shepard Smith

#get #i #interviewing #know #like

The War on Drugs employs millions - politicians, bureaucrats, policemen, and now the military - that probably couldn't find a place for their dubious talents in a free market, unless they were to sell pencils from a tin cup on street corners. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

#corners #cup #dubious #employs #find

Over and over, we hear politicians say they can't spend our tax dollars on environmental protection when the economy is so fragile. ↗

— David Suzuki

#economy #environmental #environmental protection #fragile #hear

Nothing panics politicians like $4 a gallon gas. ↗

— John Sununu

#gas #like #nothing #panics #politicians

Washington is a place where politicians don't know which way is up and taxes don't know which way is down. ↗

— Robert Orben

#down #know #place #politicians #taxes