In A Sense, George W. Bush Has Used The Tragedy Of The Terrorist Attacks Of September 11th And The Nightmarish Expansion Of His Idea Of A War On Terror To Overshadow His Actual Conduct In Office On The Redistribution Of Wealth Upward Through Progressive Tax Cuts That Actually Penalize The Vast Majority Of The Public, And Shift Their Resources To A Narrow Band At The Very, Very Top.
It Was An Absurd Theory That By Cutting Taxes You Would Increase Government Revenues, Because The Growth Of The Economy Would Create An Overflow Of Taxes That Would Fall Into The Government Coffers.
[donald] Trump I've Known Because We Cut Ribbons Together At Golf Courses And That Sort Of Thing. He's A Pleasant Guy When You're With Him. I've Played Golf With Him Twice, Oh, Probably 10, 15 Years Ago.
We Need To Have More Taxes, Not Less, And We Need The Taxes We Have, Certainly, To Provide Services - For Defense And Education And Health Care. We Should Not Cut Money Here In Order To Cut Taxes.
Well, You Have The Public Not Wanting Any New Spending, You Have The Republicans Not Wanting Any New Taxes, You Have The Democrats Not Wanting Any New Spending Cuts, You Have The Markets Not Wanting Any New Borrowing, And You Have The Economists Wanting All Of The Above. And That Leads To Paralysis.
You Have To Take Away Some Of Tax Breaks For The Wealthy, And You Have To Cut Back On Some Entitlements. Because, Unless We Do All Of These Things, It Just Doesn't Work. And What's Good Theater And What's Good Politics Isn't Necessarily Good Economic Policy.
Every One Of My Positions Cuts - Out Half The Country. I'm Pro-choice, I'm Pro-gay Rights, I'm Pro-immigration, I'm Against Guns, I Believe In Darwin.
I Cherished My Time Filming 'lord Of The Rings' In New Zealand - It's The Most Beautiful, Magical Place With Great Hospitality. I Love Places That Are Completely Cut Off From Everything - Where I Can Relax And Enjoy The Simplicity Of Nature.
That Was When I Cut My Arms With A Razor Blade As A Means Of Creative Expression. I Only Did It Lightly, Just Grazing The Skin, To See The Way The Blood Would Bleed Out, To Make Myself Look Tougher. Not Like Some Of Those Kids Who Keep Going Deeper And Deeper, Wondering What They Look Like Down To The Bone, Because It's A World That's So Close And Yet So Far And So Dangerous And So Much Their Own. The Only World That Is Their Own.
Love Is The Worst Earthquake There Is. Can Crush You To The Thickness Of Your Bones. Love Can Be Like Cancer Sometimes. Terminal. It Can Make You Vomit. It Can Make You Want To Cut It Out. It Can Take You Over Against Your Will.
It Was Always A Relief When She Came Home To Him. Like Water Or Food. Like Music Or That Moment When You Cut Yourself With A Knife And Squeeze The Skin And No Blood Oozes Out.
