Economics

Money often costs too much.

Money often costs too much.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets.

Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets.

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidise it.

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidise it.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

Henry David Thoreau

Why is it inflationary if the people keep their own money, and spend it the way they want to, [but] not inflationary if the government takes it and spends it the way it wants to?.

Why is it inflationary if the people keep their own money, and spend it the way they want to, [but] not inflationary if the government takes it and spends it the way it wants to?.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

Winston Churchill

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.

War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.

Trust is central to an economy that works.

Trust is central to an economy that works.

If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.

If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.

Benjamin Franklin

Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.

Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.

Why is there so much month left at the end of the money?

Why is there so much month left at the end of the money?

There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not cure.

There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not cure.

Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours.

Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours.

It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages.

It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages.

The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax.

The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax.

Albert Einstein

Education is the cheap defense of nations.

Education is the cheap defense of nations.

These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people; and now that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are called upon to appropriate the people's money to settle the quarrel.

These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people; and now that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are called upon to appropriate the people's money to settle the quarrel.

Abraham Lincoln

Government 'help' to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off.

Government 'help' to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off.

Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man.

Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man.