If President Clinton has his way, we will have a false debate in the 1996 election campaign. It will not engage real political choices - choices framed by our appetite for government services and our distaste for taxes - but… — Robert J. Samuelson Copy Share Image
We should balance the budget. If government programs are important enough, we need to pay for them with taxes or make cuts in lesser programs. We've lost that discipline entirely. It seems prudent to avoid the possibility that the people… — Robert J. Samuelson Copy Share Image
People prefer to be with people like themselves. For all the celebration of 'diversity,' it's sameness that dominates. Most people favor friendship with those… — Robert J. Samuelson Copy Share Image
At every stage since World War II, people have assumed that what's happening today will happen forever. Universally, that's been wrong. I can't say… — Robert J. Samuelson Copy Share Image
If President Clinton has his way, we will have a false debate in the 1996 election campaign. It will not engage real political choices… — Robert J. Samuelson Copy Share Image
One intriguing subplot of the economic crisis is the failure of most economists to predict it. Here we have the most spectacular economic and… — Robert J. Samuelson Copy Share Image
When you become 70, you can't deny that you're on the downhill. But I keep doing what I've been doing. If I retired, what… — Robert J. Samuelson Copy Share Image
I believe we should build a wall - it might or might not slow immigration but it's worth a try and certainly that would… — Robert J. Samuelson Copy Share Image
In politics, there's a fine line between too much conviction and too little. — Robert J. Samuelson Copy Share Image
Probably the only people left who think that economics deserves a Nobel Prize are economists. It confirms their conceit that they're doing 'science' rather… — Robert J. Samuelson Copy Share Image
We have arrived at socialized medicine in America. I do not report this as either a good or bad event but simply as something… — Robert J. Samuelson Copy Share Image
The tendency for politicians to claim credit for favorable news is as natural as flatulence in cows. — Robert J. Samuelson Copy Share Image
We should balance the budget. If government programs are important enough, we need to pay for them with taxes or make cuts in lesser… — Robert J. Samuelson Copy Share Image
