Free Association: The Wisdom of Ringo

Friday, April 25, 2008

"Everything the government touches turns to crap."

--Ringo Starr

Anonymous said...: Sheldon, we're all in the wilderness here.; April 29, 2008 at 7:18 AM
Sheldon Richman said...: Welcome to the club.; April 30, 2008 at 6:27 AM
Anonymous said...: I do think there are two things government are good at. Mass Murder and theft, and considering how many tax resisters there are out there it's not even that good at the latter.; May 1, 2008 at 9:17 PM
Al said...: When and where did he say that? I'd run a link through you (you'd get about three hits out of the deal) but I'd like a link.; May 2, 2008 at 10:14 PM
Sheldon Richman said...: Not to show my age or anything, but I remember when he said it. It was reported in the papers at the time. That was his reaction to learning that he had to pay a marginal income-tax rate of over 100 percent. I guess that changed under Thatcher.; May 22, 2008 at 6:24 AM