We Don't Get Ourselves Dry

Bush Senior Used To Say That We Have More Will Than Wallet. So He Urged The Country To Attack Poverty With A Thousand Points Of Light, None Of Which Could Be Eaten.

You Know, When I Was In College, There Was A Big Debate: Do Unions Raise Wages? Well, With Regard To Industrial Unions, There Were Arguments Back And Forth -- International Competition. It Is Now Clear, I Think, That Whether Or Not You Think Unions Raised Wages 50 Years Ago, The Absence Of Unions And Their Weakness That Is Inflicted By Anti-union Public Policy Depresses Wages. The Fact Is That People Who Are Not Represented, In The Service Industries In Particular, Are The Victims Of Policies Which Depress Their Wages.

I Wouldn't Want [gay Marriage] To Go To The United States Supreme Court Now Because That Homophobe Antonin Scalia Has Too Many Votes On This Current Court.

I Am Not Aware Of Any Specific Provision That Mandates Any Tightening Of Lending To Small Business Other Than A Requirement That People Who Lend And Then Sell That Loan Be Prepared To Take A Part Of The Risk. And I'm Proud Of That.

Going Before An Audience Of People Who Expect You To Be Funny Is Tough. Going Before An Audience That Expect You To Be Boring, And Then Being A Little Funny, Is Much Easier. I Prefer Easier.