QUOTES OF THE DAY 1-31-13

“Ultimately, however, as the Austrian economist Joseph Schumpeter pointed out, a powerful bureaucratic class is in the same relation to commerce as was the scorpion in Aesop to the dog on whose back he crossed the river. They will destroy commerce and establish socialism, even if it kills them, because that is their nature.” — John Derbyshire

“Never mind that the new Visitors Center in Washington DC cost the taxpayers $621 million. Oh and that was ONLY $550 million more than the project was originally supposed to cost. Not to mention the fact that it was supposed to open three years ago .. but it was a government operation. What do you expect? I definitely want to put these people in charge of my healthcare and my retirement plan.” – Neal Boortz

“We know that anything government does private enterprise can do for half the cost.” — Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Dr. Milton Friedman to Charlie Rose 12-26-2005

“Every time government attempts to handle our affairs, it costs more and the results are worse than if we had handled them ourselves.” — Benjamin Constant

“Think about what government does; government wastes most of what it spends.”– David Henderson

“Government does not do ANYthing as well as the private sector does, and that includes educating your children.” — Neal Boortz

“Every time a politician says “a job was created!!!” by government spending, you know darn well at least TWO jobs (if not a lot more) were NOT created in the private sector as a result. Look up “THE BROKEN WINDOW FALLACY.” — Bert Rand