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> [Today many politicians suggest that where the federal government does not act, there must be anarchy. That view is odd, blinkering out the work of state and towns, which until recently did much of our charitable and cultural work. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amity-shlaes/today-many-politicians-suggest-that-where-the-federal-government-does/)

[Amity Shlaes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amity-shlaes/)

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## More by Amity Shlaes

> [Right now we're concerned about budget. Right now we're concerned about the prospect of interest rate rise. We're concerned about government corruption, government handing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amity-shlaes/right-now-we-re-concerned-about-budget-right-now-we-re-concerned/)

[Amity Shlaes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amity-shlaes/)

> [The donning of the ear buds marks the beginning of teen life, when children set off on their own for the passage through adolescence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amity-shlaes/the-donning-of-the-ear-buds-marks-the-beginning-of-teen-life-when/)

[Amity Shlaes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amity-shlaes/)

> [Seems like Americans just want it to be Halloween all year. The holiday just keeps getting more popular.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amity-shlaes/seems-like-americans-just-want-it-to-be-halloween-all-year-the/)

[Amity Shlaes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amity-shlaes/)

> [Europe unified its monetary policy through the euro before it unified politically, therefore sustaining member countries' abilities to pursue the kind of independent fiscal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amity-shlaes/europe-unified-its-monetary-policy-through-the-euro-before-it-unified/)

[Amity Shlaes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amity-shlaes/)

> [Democrats who see virtue in the estate tax are doing the equivalent of aborting future enterprises. They deprive businesses of oxygen with their support…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amity-shlaes/democrats-who-see-virtue-in-the-estate-tax-are-doing-the-equivalent/)

[Amity Shlaes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amity-shlaes/)

> [Policy people suffer their own kind of agony, and no wonder. After all, what is the average life of the policy person? You go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amity-shlaes/policy-people-suffer-their-own-kind-of-agony-and-no-wonder-after-all/)

[Amity Shlaes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amity-shlaes/)

> [With demands for special education or standardized test prep being shouted in their ears, public schools can't always hear a parent when he says:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amity-shlaes/with-demands-for-special-education-or-standardized-test-prep-being/)

[Amity Shlaes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amity-shlaes/)

> [“Isn’t it a strange thing,” he asked Barton, “that in every period of social unrest men have the notion that they can pass a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amity-shlaes/isn-t-it-a-strange-thing-he-asked-barton-that-in-every-period-of/)

[Amity Shlaes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amity-shlaes/)

> [Anti-parent music seems to be all the pop-rock market wants.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amity-shlaes/anti-parent-music-seems-to-be-all-the-pop-rock-market-wants/)

[Amity Shlaes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amity-shlaes/)

> [To investors, job creation is a second-order effect. Market participants care first about interest rates, exchange rates, bond prices and the one great factor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amity-shlaes/to-investors-job-creation-is-a-second-order-effect-market/)

[Amity Shlaes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amity-shlaes/)

> [In my view, if you have one in 10 unemployed - something is wrong with the economy whether you call it recession or not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amity-shlaes/in-my-view-if-you-have-one-in-10-unemployed-something-is-wrong-with/)

[Amity Shlaes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amity-shlaes/)

> [The difference between recession and depression is simple. Recession, goes the saying, is when you lose your job; depression is when I lose mine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amity-shlaes/the-difference-between-recession-and-depression-is-simple-recession/)

[Amity Shlaes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amity-shlaes/)

> [When you see government leaders really bullying business, you know that government's economic policy is failing. They get angry and they get desperate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amity-shlaes/when-you-see-government-leaders-really-bullying-business-you-know/)

[Amity Shlaes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amity-shlaes/)

> [Today many politicians suggest that where the federal government does not act, there must be anarchy. That view is odd, blinkering out the work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amity-shlaes/today-many-politicians-suggest-that-where-the-federal-government-does/)

[Amity Shlaes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amity-shlaes/)

> [If expectations of lifetime earnings drop, then so will spending.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amity-shlaes/if-expectations-of-lifetime-earnings-drop-then-so-will-spending/)

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