Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers.
Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.
The politician's promises of yesterday are the taxes of today.
The promises of yesterday are the taxes of today.
Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote.
No matter what politicians promise, Social Security reform will not change the fact that your money is taken from your paycheck and sent to Washington, where it will be spent.
Politicians promise you heaven before election and give you hell after
Everything a politician promises at election time has to be paid for either by higher taxation or by borrowing.
All politicians promise that which they cannot deliver. I just wish they did so less gleefully.
Government has no wealth, and when a politician promises to give you something for nothing, he must first confiscate that wealth from you -- either by direct taxes, or by the cruelly indirect tax of inflation.
or simply:
