American politics Quote by Herbert Stein

“Reagan (or, at least, the public’s version of him) was tailor-made for the sociopathic electorate. Never again would the Boomers be told to save,…

— Bruce Cannon Gibney

Reagan's approach will achieve one of the basic goals of the conservative: Things remain basically the same. The rich stay rich and the poor…

— Mike Royko

“On average, the real incomes of middle-class families have grown twice as fast under Democrats as they have under Republicans, while the real incomes…

— Larry M. Bartels

The Reagan years really were a bonanza for the rich; you didn't imagine that.

— Timothy Noah

Welfare mostly subsidizes people in poverty, helping few escape from it. In their hearts, most people who are poor would like to be rich,…

— Cal Thomas

Republicans believe the best way to assure prosperity is to generate more jobs. The Democrats believe in more welfare.

— Ronald Reagan

In the 1980s, Democrats enthusiastically helped President Reagan pass his tax reforms, which made the tax system fairer and more efficient in addition to…

— Kayleigh McEnany

The rich did well under Obama's policies; it was the working class that got creamed. This was because the economy just wouldn't grow as…

— Stephen Moore

What the Republicans have said is rather than touch one hair on the heads of the wealthiest people in our country, people who make…

— Nancy Pelosi

You know, probably the notion that conservatives, Republicans, only care about the rich and that Democrats care about the poor - is that true?…

— Daniel Garza

As president, Reagan worked very well with Democrats to do big things. It is true that he worked to reduce the size of government…

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

I believe that the only people who really, truly benefit from any of the policies of Republicans are the wealthy. I'm in that 1…

— Questlove