The political class can't imagine a decentralized world where good things happen...without them. But in the real world, that's exactly how good things happen, and how jobs are created. When government sets simple rules that everyone understands and then gets out of the way, free people create jobs.

The politicians should not tell the people to shut up.

If government were less important in our lives, politicians would have fewer goodies to trade. In return, we'd have more money and more freedom.

I was ashamed for people to see me struggle.

Government is so big today that more than half the population gets a major part of its income from the state.

As a free person, I ought to be allowed if I'm dying to take something.

What I've learned in 40 years of consumer reporting is that the market is imperfect, and some people get ripped off.