There are no solutions; there are only trade-offs.

In politics, the truth is strictly optional and that also seems to be true in parts of the media.

Even if the government spends itself into bankruptcy and the economy still does not recover, Keynesians can always say that it would have worked if only the government had spent more.

It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.

Time was when people used to brag about how old they were - and I am old enough to remember it.

People who believe in 'universal health care' show remarkably little interest - usually none - in finding out what that phrase turns out to mean in practice, in those countries where it already exists, such as Britain, Sweden or Canada. For one thing, 'universal health care' in these countries means months of waiting for surgery that Americans get in a matter of weeks or even days.

The idea that money is corrupting innocent politicians would be laughable if it did not lead to such dangerous legislation.