Imagine a political system so radical as to promise to move more of the poorest 20% of the population into the richest 20% than remain in the poorest bracket within the decade? You don't need to imagine it. It's called the United States of America.

Those who cry out that the government should 'do something' never even ask for data on what has actually happened when the government did something, compared to what actually happened when the government did nothing.

Nobody is equal to anybody. Even the same man is not equal to himself on different days.

The fact that so many successful politicians are such shameless liars is not only a reflection on them, it is also a reflection on us. When the people want the impossible, only liars can satisfy.

Credentialed ignorance is still ignorance.

The desire to order other people around and make them conform to one own's vision takes many forms.

How long do politicians have to keep on promising heaven and delivering hell before people catch on and stop getting swept away by rhetoric?