Squeezing our money out of politicians is more difficult than squeezing blood from a turnip. To paraphrase an Oscar Hammerstein love song, they never let it go.

You can't get blood out of a turnip

You can't squeeze blood out of a turnip

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

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

People who relieve others of their money with guns are called robbers. It does not alter the immorality of the act when the income transfer is carried out by government.