Achievers must not be penalized or parasites rewarded if we aspire to a healthy, productive, and ethical society.

Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.

Bureaucracies themselves should be assumed to be noxious, authoritarian parasites on society, with a tendency to augment their own size and power and to cultivate a parasitical clientele in all classes of society.

Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.

If you have been voting for politicians who promise to give you goodies at someone else's expense, then you have no right to complain when they take your money and give it to someone else, including themselves

Before (Hurricane Katrina), voting was the last thing on their agenda. People trusted politicians to take care of them. It's not happening like this now. Whoever is running (for city office), they are not going to just walk in. We have a short time to do something really awesome.