You could also change the word "petty" to many. We now have thousands of laws and the scary part is that congress meets every day to pass more.

Just because something is legal doesn't mean it's right. Drug laws are one example.

The majority of the folks in Germany supported Adolph Hitler almost till the last gun was fired. Mark Twain was right on with his quote.

The problem with working"within the system" is this. We get all worked up at election time, try to get the good guys elected, and even if we do, nothing changes. Every administration spends more than the last one and we go deeper in debt and into socialism. If we expect government to make our lives better we are barking up the wrong tree.

It's exactly correct no matter who said it. It's especially true now with that bunch of socialists and muslims running things in D.C.

Libertarians believe that you can live as you please as long as you don't cause harm to others. I agree and wish that liberals would agree and leave folks alone. As good Democrat Woodrow Wilson said: "Government, in it's last analysis, is organized force".

Maybe he means that when your favorite candidate wins, nothing much changes. The Repubs and the Dems are really the same party. The only party worth voting for is the Libertarian Party.

Public Servents: Persons chosen by the people to distribute the graft. Mark Twain

George Burns once said that the perfect sermon was to have a good opening, a good close, and to keep those as close together as possible.

As usual, P.J. has it right

Translation: The more you send the more they spend and it's never enough.

Further proof would be Obama saying that he is trying to improve the nation's economy.

"I'm from the government and I'm here to help" is proof of that quote.

Beware when politicians talk up tax reform. Tax reform is code for tax increase.

This reminds me of a politician trying to get a hare-brained spending bill passed. They almost always say that the people demand it when you can't find a soul that demanded anything.

Government bureaus are a great example, they last forever no matter how bad they are. When they prove to make matters worse they aren't done away with, they just get more money and get bigger. The War on Drugs and the Department of Energy are prime examples.

J and Cal have summed it up.

Theft is legal when the tax collectors do it.

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of it's victims may be the most oppressive..... It would be better to live under robber barons than omnipotent moral busybodies." C.. Lewis

I'm with J on this one. We need to get out of the Communist controlled UN before it's too late.

People will give up anything and everything when a war is in progress. WW2 was a great example and that's why there is always some sort of war in progress. It's a great way for government to control people.

As to the quote, Winston is right and Obama is wrong. King "O" wants to raise taxes and has the gall to tell us that this is the debt solution. He knows it isn't but Socialists like Obama love high taxes and he has no intention of solving the debt situation. He loves it.

After Restons comment, is there any doubt that the man is a communist. I thought for awhile that he was only a fellow traveler or a useful dupe, but now he has removed all doubt. Dick must be attending party meetings also if he agrees with Reston.

There is nothing fair about a graduated income tax, sorry Dick. Beware of the flat tax idea as it will probably be set very high by our friends (fiends) in the Congress. My idea would be to get rid of 90% of all government bureaus, stop most, if not all, subsidies and foreign aid, and there would be no need for an income tax or most other taxes. We could also save a few hundred million by making Pelosi fly on regular airlines,preferably coach, and stopping all those million dollar vacations by Michelle and her herd.

The IRS official name for us citizens is "inventory". That should tell even nitwits like waffler something.