From a union backed report about the widening rich-poor income gap, via Russell Roberts:
Renwick [an economist with the union-backed Fiscal Policy Institute in New York] said the government “needs to continue its commitment to correcting the natural outcomes of the marketplace”
Or in my words, we must punish the successful and reward the losers. Otherwise only the best will get ahead in life.
W had some fun with the media recently, via Orrin Judd:
“Having my picture taken with someone doesn’t mean that I’m a friend with him or know him very well,” he said. “I’ve had my picture taken with you at holiday parties.”
[snip]
When a radio reporter asked the president again to never mind the photographs, just talk about lobbyists’ influence on the White House, Bush interrupted: “Easy for a radio guy to say.”
And this is a good way to lose your job as a campaign manager (again via Orrin Judd):
In a live call-in show on the Pennsylvania Cable Network, Seif told viewers that Scranton’s main opponent for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, Lynn Swann, who is African American, was the “rich white guy in the campaign.”
Whoops.
