“People try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to a government that can't live within its income.”
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Laziness is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret from the person who fails.
Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy.
I'm not driven to get back into politics. It's not on my top five things to do before I die, but saying that, I may be in politics in the next year or the next ten years. I've been on the front line for 12 years, four in state government, eight on the national level.
There is nothing inherently fair about equalizing incomes. If the government penalizes you for working harder than somebody else, that is unfair. If you save your money but retire with the same pension as a free-spending neighbor, that is also unfair.