Maybe the reason some folks lag behind in our free enterprise system is because they depend too much on the free part and not enough on their own enterprise.

Democracy begins in human conversation. A democratic conversation does not require elaborate rules of procedure or utopian notions of perfect consensus. What it does require is a spirit of mutual respect-people conversing critically with one another in an atmosphere of honesty and shared regard.

People know elections, like television commercials, are not real.

If everyone has to be a watchdog in order to make government work, then the foxes will also volunteer to serve.

Democracy is held captive, not just by money, but by ideas - the ideas that money buys.

Efficiency obliterates identity

Obviously, people with low or even moderate incomes could not afford such savings rates, and even diligent savings from their low wages would not be enough to pay for either retirement or healthcare.