"The car provided Americans with an enviable standard of living. You could not get a steady job with high wages and health and retirement benefits work...

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
~ P. J. O'Rourke ~












Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
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