Archive for the ‘politics’ Category
No voter who wants his vote to matter would have money in control of politics, but we all know that money controls politicians and sways their law-making. Everyone complains of “money as speech” but can’t free our government from billionaires and corporations.
Elizabeth Holtzman: Hush Money
on Sunday, August 11, 2019Elizabeth Holtzman served four terms in Congress as a New York Democratic representative and as a member of the House Judiciary Committee during the Richard Nixon & Watergate investigation. She said in a July 2019 Opinion piece that it’s time to Impeach Trump:
“When the facts of what Nixon actually did came to light, such as illegal wiretaps, interfering with a federal investigation, dangling pardons, paying hush money, suborning perjury, and demanding tax audits of political enemies, many minds changed. That could happen again” — Elizabeth Holtzman
Birthday August 11
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Helen Caldicott: Ads Sell Politics
on Wednesday, August 7, 2019Helen Caldicott Money Quote saying we expect to be sold a politician with slick ads created by image creators at advertising firms who use the same techniques on grocery items. Helen Caldicott said:
“Politics is not really politics any more. It is run, for the most part, by Madison Avenue advertising firms, who sell politicians to the public the way they sell bars of soap or cans of beer” — Helen Caldicott
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Paul Krugman: Massacre Tax Cuts
on Tuesday, August 6, 2019Paul Krugman Money Quote saying Republican lawmakers have so wanted tax cuts that they allowed death and destruction to come along with them. Paul Krugman said:
“The Republican Party decided that a few massacres were an acceptable price to pay in return for tax cuts. I wish that were hyperbole, but the continuing refusal of G.O.P. Figures to criticize Trump even after El Paso shows that it’s the literal truth” — Paul Krugman
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Angela Merkel: Earn Priority Politics
on Wednesday, July 17, 2019Angela Merkel Money Quote saying public servants don’t choose the life to make themselves wealthy. Angela Merkel said:
“Whoever decides to dedicate their life to politics knows that earning money isn’t the top priority” — Angela Merkel
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Alexander Hamilton: Bribe Impeach
on Sunday, July 14, 2019Alexander Hamilton Money Quote saying among the reasons for impeachment of a U.S. President is the crime of bribery, offering something of value for favor or fealty. IN the Federalist Papers #69 Alexander Hamilton said:
“The President of the United States would be liable to be impeached, tried, and, upon conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes or misdemeanors, removed from office; and would afterwards be liable to prosecution and punishment in the ordinary course of law” — Alexander Hamilton
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Sarah Sanders: Wall Billions Funded
on Saturday, June 15, 2019Sarah Huckabee Sanders Money Quote saying to President Trump and his supporters, that he’s achieved (anti-) immigration goals, as children are separated from their parents and caged at the border. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (@PressSEc) said:
“President @realDonaldTrump secured billions in funding to build the wall and an unprecedented commitment from Mexico to stem the tide of illegal immigration” — Sarah Huckabee Sanders
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Despite no help from the do-nothing Democrats in Congress, President @realDonaldTrump secured billions in funding to build the wall and an unprecedented commitment from Mexico to stem the tide of illegal immigration. That’s leadership and another historic win for America.
— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) June 8, 2019
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Jeannette Rankin: Bribes Offered
on Tuesday, June 11, 2019Jeannette Rankin Money Quote saying as first U.S. Congress woman that no bribe is obvious or traceable – so to prove none were paid, she took the opposite actions. Jeannette Rankin said:
“Bribes are not offered in such a way that you can prove them, and in order to prove that I didn’t accept a bribe, I had to run” — Jeannette Rankin
Born June 11, 1880 – Died May 18, 1973
Elected to Congress from Wyoming in 1916 and helped pass the 19th Amendment, to give women the right to vote
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Donald Trump: Tariff Coffer Billions
on Friday, June 7, 2019
Steve Sack, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, MN
Donald Trump Money Quote saying that tariffs charged on imports are earning the U.S. billions, while not comprehending that U.S. purchasers pay those tariffs, not China. Donald Trump said:
“Billions of Dollars are pouring into the coffers of the U.S.A. because of the Tariffs being charged to China, and there is a long way to go. If companies don’t want to pay Tariffs, build in the U.S.A. Otherwise, lets just make our Country richer than ever before!” — Donald J. Trump
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Billions of Dollars are pouring into the coffers of the U.S.A. because of the Tariffs being charged to China, and there is a long way to go. If companies don’t want to pay Tariffs, build in the U.S.A. Otherwise, lets just make our Country richer than ever before!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2018
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