I was ashamed for people to see me struggle.

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

Why, in our "free" country, do Americans meekly stand aside and let the state limit our choices, even when we are dying?

[T]he only way to shrink the trade deficit is for the government to prohibit us from buying whatever we want.

What happened under communism - and increasingly, is happening in America, as Joseph Sobran put it: 'Need' now means wanting someone else's money. 'Greed' means wanting to keep your own. 'Compassion' is when a politician arranges the transfer.'

Patrick Henry did not say, 'Give me absolutely safety or give me death.' America is supposed to be about freedom.

What would you think of a person who earned $24,000 a year but spent $35,000? Suppose on top of that, he was already $170,000 in debt. You'd tell him to get his act together - stop spending so much or he'd destroy his family, impoverish his kids and wreck their future. Of course, no individual could live so irresponsibly for long. But tack on eight more zeroes to that budget and you have the checkbook for our out-of-control, big-spending federal government.