View From The Porch: Quote of the Day:

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Quote of the Day:

"When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators." - P.J. O'Rourke

9 comments:

Tango Juliet said...: Maybe this answers the question why so many are willing to spend millions and millions to get a job that pays, what... $150K/year?

Something's rotten in Denmark.

What a revelation, huh? :); 8:37 AM, April 10, 2008
the pawnbroker said...: yep, and that's what that seventeenth article was really all about...always follow the money...jtc; 1:14 PM, April 10, 2008
Robert said...: That's my new favorite quote...; 3:46 PM, April 10, 2008
New Jovian Thunderbolt said...: Got legislators that won't stay bought? Are they gouging you on their influence prices? Well get a HANDLE on those with some old fashioned price-control command-economy Socialism!; 7:35 PM, April 10, 2008
Anonymous said...: I keep that one in the rotating list of quotes that go out in my email sig.; 10:35 PM, April 10, 2008
Anonymous said...: I love this quote more then most.; 10:48 PM, April 10, 2008
Anonymous said...: I'll bet there's more then a few bleached balloon knots in DC...

db; 12:01 AM, April 11, 2008
Brian J. said...: This may be true, but it's still slightly better than when buying and selling are controlled by untouchable and unfireable bureaucrats or regulators.

I think the buying and selling is the problem, not the government person doing it.; 10:17 AM, April 11, 2008
Tam said...: O'Rourke's point is against having buying and selling controlled by anything other than... well, buying and selling.; 12:13 PM, April 11, 2008

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