Todd Akin (William Todd Akin) Quotes
Now, Social Security through the years, for many many people, has been a terrible investment. It's really a tax, that's all it is. Social Security is a tax.
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Time and time again, truly basic studies of simple experimental organisms have proved directly relevant to human biology and human disease. An investment in such basic studies is an effective investment indeed.
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What you pay for an investment is the single biggest determinant for how successful that investment will be. When equity prices are high, your returns will be lower. When they are cheap, your returns will be higher.
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The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.
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I have some security that could protect me against provocations but of course there are more terrible actions that could not be stopped by any security.
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All's the government should do is keep the taxes and regulations at a manageable rate, keep a decent standing army and get out of the way.
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Republicans in Congress boosted the economy by cutting taxes and ending programs that don't work.
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I don't play the role of a villain, really, but I like playing anti-hero kind of roles. I like characters where there's conflict, drama, and more personal investment than just being heroes.
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You don't create jobs by passing bills, you create jobs by cutting taxes.
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We are angry about paying the highest income taxes and property taxes in the nation and getting less and less for it. We are angry about our incompetent, dysfunctional government that pays no attention to the desires of the people. We are angry about the cesspool of corruption and conflicts of interests and self-dealing that is Albany.
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I don't take investment advice from wealth managers. I have grown several businesses from scratch and amassed many millions from my publishing empire - why would I take advice from someone who has never experienced that?
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It has been possible to trace historically back to a very early age the taxes which were imposed on medicines, spices and similar substances in German towns. Thus, for instance, one finds that in the year 1500, thirteen, in 1540, thirty-eight, and in 1708, already one hundred and twenty vegetable oils are mentioned.
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Both France and Britain are supportive of India's bid for a broad-based agreement on trade and investment with the European Union.
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I studied math, and I was terrible at it.
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Mr. Obama plans to boost federal spending 25 percent while nearly tripling the national debt over 10 years. Americans know that this kind of spending will have economic consequences, including new taxes being imposed by the new progressives.
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There's no recovery on Main Street, I can tell you that for sure. And in a re - in an economy like this, we don't need to be raising anybody's taxes.
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The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity.
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It ought to be recognized for what it is: an absolutely historic investment by the County of Los Angeles.
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People say life ain't fairlife is very fair. People aren't fairpeople are terrible.
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Strong economic growth, and especially a significant increase in private sector investment, is the only sustainable path forward for Rwanda.
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If fate means you to lose, give him a good fight anyhow.
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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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When I was playing football, I always felt in complete control. When I play golf and come under pressure, it's a completely different ball game.
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Now, Social Security through the years, for many many people, has been a terrible investment. It's really a tax, that's all it is. Social Security is a tax.
