Policymaking Ponderer Prints

'A government economist, eh? -- You know where you can go!'

"Tariffs love me...tariffs love me not..."

"It seems my fear of death has been replaced by my fear of politics."

"The university said he was a climate change denier so remove the statue."

"The economy always seems to be recovering, but it never recovers."

"What was I thinking?!"

G7 Summit Concern

Plan to Split California into Six States Proposed....

The Lessons of VietnamThe Lessons of Iran and ContraThe Lessons of Iraq.

Roe v. Wade

"We may have to rob from the rich AND the poor."

Do Guns Kill?

"Take special note of the change to our policy on honesty."

"Massive deficit spending, enormous Federal bailouts, open borders, ridiculous earmarks, pork for everybody, intervention all over the world.... Now, why didn't I think of that?"

"Of course I have a life. Not one worth living, mind you."

Violent Crime Statistics

"I'm both too liberal to be preppy and too conservative to be trendy."

"Those are insightful and legitimate questions about our country, Tommy, and if times were different, your mom and I probably wouldn't have to report you to the government for asking them!"

'Social and political revolution? Check out our 'Do It Yourself' section.'

"The real question is whether health care is a basic human right or a bona-fide commercial opportunity."

The two faces of capitalism.

'It's the consistently defininative obscure obviation coupled with absolute commitment to incomprehensible policy objectives that I find appealing.

125% tariff in escalating trade war.... ...Mitch realizes that everything he ordered is made in China

"These brisk fall afternoons remind me of Chekhov, which reminds me of Putin, then Trump, the alt-right, facism, nuclear weapons ... let's go home."

'For the economy to improve we're counting on a 'trickle down' from the super-wealthy to the wealthy.'

'THAT'S the Holy Land? - You're kidding, right?'

"Be afraid my friends...if the government takes over your healthcare, you're going to be left with nothing!"

The Politics of Food.

"Those eco-terrorists are going to cost us a FORTUNE!!"

"It's great the way that computer algorithms allow the internet to feed me with opinions that reinforce the ones I've already got - all on my phone!"

'Hey, get out of my space!'

'Hmmphhhh ... High on Life. Now that's something the government ought to regulate.'

George Orwell