Government is inherently incompetent, and no matter what task it is assigned, it will do it in the most expensive and inefficient way possible.

Washington, of course, aside from being one of the most mismanaged, crime-ridden cities on the planet, is a place where 535 federal legislators and about 38,000 lobbyists work at confiscating and redistributing the incomes of the American people.

Make sure the government treats others the same as you would want the government to treat you. ...Once you consent to the government ignoring the Constitution, you deny yourself the protection of the Constitution.

If we could manage our own finances the way the Congress does the nation's, we'd all be living in high cotton and eating high on the hog.