Two Quotes by Matt Taibbi

9 Two quotes by Matt Taibbi

Matt Taibbi’s take on two is sharp, investigative, and delivered in nine punchy lines. Expect his trademark blend of critique and wit without any filler.

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America has two national budgets, one official, one unofficial.

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In America, it takes about two weeks in the limelight for the whole country to think you've been around for years.

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If anything, the bailouts actually hindered lending, as banks became more like house pets that grow fat and lazy on two guaranteed…

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John Boehner is the ultimate Beltway hack, a man whose unmatched and self-serving skill at political survival has made him, after two…

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Comparing your family budget to the sovereign debt of the United States is a little like comparing two kindergartners tossing a paper…

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The significance of Columbus's discovery was that on a round earth, humanity is more interconnected than on a flat one. On a…

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There are times when American politics seems like little more than two groups in a fever to prevent each other from trespassing…

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There really are two Americas, one for the grifter class and one for everybody else. In everybody-else land, the world of small…

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When I heard the book (Thomas Friedman's latest) was actually coming out, I started to worry. Among other things, I knew I…

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Conspiracy theorists of the world, believers in the hidden hands of the Rothschilds and the Masons and the Illuminati, we skeptics owe you an…

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Like wars, forest fires and bad marriages, really stupid laws are much easier to begin than they are to end.

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