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All politicians promise that which they cannot deliver. I just wish they did so less gleefully.
Sep 15, 2025
Politicians promise you heaven before election and give you hell after
No matter what politicians promise, Social Security reform will not change the fact that your money is taken from your paycheck and sent to Washington, where it will be spent.
Government has no wealth, and when a politician promises to give you something for nothing, he must first confiscate that wealth from you -- either by direct taxes, or by the cruelly indirect tax of inflation.
Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers.
The promises of yesterday are the taxes of today.
The politician's promises of yesterday are the taxes of today.
Everything a politician promises at election time has to be paid for either by higher taxation or by borrowing.
Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote.
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