Friday, May 25, 2012

A cynic's 12 Commandments

1. Government's view of the economy can be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidise it.

2. I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.

3. If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free!

4. Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you!

5. The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.

6. The only difference between the taxman and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.

7. The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.

8. A government big enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take everything you have.

9. You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealth out of prosperity.

10.  What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.

11. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.

12. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.

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