Thomas Frank Quotes

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• Our laws governing lobbying and campaign contributions have struck the right balance between the wishes of the people and those of private industry, so why…
• Privatizing bits of the prison industry was a step in the right direction, but what we didn't have - until recently - were proper instruments…
• Thanks to a deal finalized in 2008, Chicago's parking meters will be operated for the next 75 years by a group of investors put together…
• The only truly individualistic health-care choice - where you receive care that is unpolluted by anyone else's funds - is to forgo insurance altogether, paying…
• The pursuit of the vibrant seems to be the universal job description of the nation's city planners nowadays. It is also part of the Obama…
• The revival of the Right is as extraordinary as it would be if the public had demanded dozens of new nuclear plants in the days…
• There are few things in politics more annoying than the Right's utter conviction that it owns the patent on the word 'freedom' that when its…
• There is something uniquely depressing about the fact that the National Portrait Gallery's version of the Barack Obama 'Hope' poster previously belonged to a pair…
• Under the administration of George W. Bush, you will recall, federal spending grew pretty significantly. At the same time, the number of people directly employed…
• When done right - or wrong, depending on how you look at it - deficits remove liberal options from the table. Suddenly there's no money…
• While Democrats fussed with the details of health care reforms, conservatives spent months telling the nation that the real issue is freedom, that what's on…
• Yes, Democrats can prove that America pays more for health care than other countries; yes, they have won the dispute that private health insurance is…
• Allowing a private rather than a public entity to take over your toll road merely means that your tolls will have to be that much…
• American conservatism depends on its continued dominance and even for its very existence on people never making connections about the world, connections that until recent…
• Whereas all liberals are thought to erupt self-righteously whenever they feel like it, conservatives believe that they themselves are never permitted to say what they…
• Money has transformed every watchdog, every independent authority. Medical doctors are increasingly gulled by the lobbying of pharmaceutical salesmen.
• Concerns about the size and role of government are what seem to leave reformers stammering and speechless in town-hall meetings. The right wants to have…
• Our current way of regulating the financial system is dysfunctional. Oversight is dispersed among numerous confusing bodies that at times have seemed to be racing…
• We the people say it loud and clear every Election Day, in high-crime periods as well as peaceful stretches - More of our population needs…
• Can policy be both wise and aggressively partisan? Ask any Republican worth his salt and the answer will be an unequivocal yes. Ask a Democrat…

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