"Instead of taxing rich people, governments borrow from them, and pay them interest for the privilege."

-- Doug Henwood

#Government Quotes #People Quotes #Pay Quotes

“Animals are my friends... and I don't eat my friends.”
“Frankly, to be a poor child in Cuba may in many instances be better than being a poor child in Miami, and Iâ€™m not going to condemn their lifestyle so gratuitously.”
“For it may safely be said, not that the habit of ready and correct observation will by itself make us useful nurses, but that without it we shall be useless with all our devotion.”
“Fool," said my muse to me. "Look in thy heart and write.”
“I was in Australia in about 1996 when I played some acoustic guitar for some guys at a studio down there. They were pretty happy with it, and mentioned doing an album, so about a year later I met some people who were interested in recording.”
“The full retirement age is 67 and the lifespan is 80, so when they first conceived Social Security, they didn't think they were going to be paying benefits for 13-15 years. That's one of the reasons why this pyramid scheme isn't working.”

Source : "Joe Heck: Social Security 'a pyramid scheme'". Interview with David Catanese, www.politico.com. June 3, 2011.
“DAY: I have a good job, a lovely apartment, I go out with very nice men to the best places, the finest restaurants, the theater. What am I missing? RITTER: If you hove to ask, believe me, you're missing it.”
“If i can't even protect my captain's dream, then whatever ambition i have is nothing but talk..”

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