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Timothy Noah Quotes

The financial services industry is a ward of the state Picture Quote #1

Income inequality has gotten worse under President Barack Obama Picture Quote #1

President Obama seems to think that you win by demonstrating that you’re a more reasonable person than your opponents. It didn’t work too badly, I’ll grant, as an electoral strategy in the 2012 election Picture Quote #1

You know what isn’t class warfare? Progressive taxation, as in, say, expecting billionaires to pay at least as much in taxes as their secretaries. Ideally, in fact, they should pay more Picture Quote #1

I’d never have guessed that, six years after Medicare introduced a drug benefit, it would still be forbidden to negotiate prices with pharmaceutical companies. Health reform might fix that, but it probably won’t Picture Quote #1

Is New Ageism inherently fascist? Of course not, though I’m happy to pronounce its babble about chakras and cosmic energy errant quackery Picture Quote #1

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The U.S. policy of hoarding crude oil never made the world, or even the U.S., a safer place Picture Quote #1

What I’ve learned, and will try to remember from now on, is that defending your country’s credibility is never sufficient reason to fight a war Picture Quote #1

Republican presidents talk about freedom. Democratic presidents talk about equality Picture Quote #1

Steve Jobs was the greatest manufacturer of consumer products of his age. His marketing vision put him on par with Henry Ford, and his grasp of the aesthetic component to industrial design far surpassed Ford’s Picture Quote #1

Washington culture has always had a difficult time acknowledging untruth Picture Quote #1

The Bush administration got a lot of things horribly wrong in its disaster response to the New Orleans flood, and it deserves almost all of the bitter recriminations hurled its way Picture Quote #1

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If one does not wish to take the word of journalists, human rights groups, and the United Nations that Iraq conducted a deliberate campaign to eradicate the Kurdish population, there’s always the word of the Iraqis themselves Picture Quote #1

Economic inequality is less troubling if you live in a country where any child, no matter how humble his or her origins, can grow up to be president Picture Quote #1

Washington is a place where politics and economics often aren’t on speaking terms Picture Quote #1

You have to let the market reward effort and skill. But a system in which inequality of incomes constantly increases over time is worrisome Picture Quote #1

Presidential election results in 2008 and 2012 clarified that talk radio was not, in fact, running the country Picture Quote #1

Is class snobbery a social reality in the United States? Absolutely, and the kind that’s codified by meritocracy is probably more toxic than the old-fashioned kind based on bloodlines Picture Quote #1

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Conservatives often say that we should care not about equality of outcomes but about equality of opportunity Picture Quote #1

The Kurds were the only people in Iraq who were completely unguarded in expressing their gratitude to the United States for setting them free Picture Quote #1

The Pentagon got fed up with its recruits getting ripped off by payday lenders and in 2007 got Congress to make it illegal to extend such loans to members of the military. But civilians remain fair game Picture Quote #1

Whatever the reason, American Muslims appear far less inclined to support the global jihad than their European counterparts Picture Quote #1

The doomsayers of the 1970s were wrong about how quickly the world would run out of oil, but not about the dangers that hydrocarbon consumption posed to the global environment, especially with respect to climate change Picture Quote #1

Wal-Mart uses technology to increase sales volume, but the more it does so, the more it drives down profit margins - its own and everybody else’s. The same logic does not appear to hold for Goldman Sachs Picture Quote #1

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President Obama has his faults, but overall, I think, is a good president Picture Quote #1

An orthodox belief in big government’s inefficiency cannot coexist with an orthodox belief in private industry’s inability to compete with big government Picture Quote #1

There’s no shortage of Democrats who are at least as committed as Schwarzenegger to reducing greenhouse gases Picture Quote #1

When the topic is growing income inequality, it’s hard to prettify an imbalance between the rich and everybody else, so instead, conservatives try to argue that it doesn’t exist Picture Quote #1

Federal law prohibits anyone convicted of a felony from owning a gun. Seems like kind of a good idea, no? Picture Quote #1

The white working class likes being pandered to even less than it likes being insulted Picture Quote #1

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The financial services industry is a ward of the state (Timothy Noah Quotes) Income inequality has gotten worse under President Barack Obama (Timothy Noah Quotes) President Obama seems to think that you win by demonstrating that you’re a more reasonable person than your opponents. It didn’t work too badly, I’ll grant, as an electoral strategy in the 2012 election. (Timothy Noah Quotes) You know what isn’t class warfare? Progressive taxation, as in, say, expecting billionaires to pay at least as much in taxes as their secretaries. Ideally, in fact, they should pay more. (Timothy Noah Quotes) I’d never have guessed that, six years after Medicare introduced a drug benefit, it would still be forbidden to negotiate prices with pharmaceutical companies. Health reform might fix that, but it probably won’t. (Timothy Noah Quotes) Is New Ageism inherently fascist? Of course not, though I’m happy to pronounce its babble about chakras and cosmic energy errant quackery. (Timothy Noah Quotes) The U.S. policy of hoarding crude oil never made the world, or even the U.S., a safer place. (Timothy Noah Quotes) What I’ve learned, and will try to remember from now on, is that defending your country’s credibility is never sufficient reason to fight a war. (Timothy Noah Quotes) Republican presidents talk about freedom. Democratic presidents talk about equality. (Timothy Noah Quotes) Steve Jobs was the greatest manufacturer of consumer products of his age. His marketing vision put him on par with Henry Ford, and his grasp of the aesthetic component to industrial design far surpassed Ford’s. (Timothy Noah Quotes) Washington culture has always had a difficult time acknowledging untruth (Timothy Noah Quotes) The Bush administration got a lot of things horribly wrong in its disaster response to the New Orleans flood, and it deserves almost all of the bitter recriminations hurled its way. (Timothy Noah Quotes) If one does not wish to take the word of journalists, human rights groups, and the United Nations that Iraq conducted a deliberate campaign to eradicate the Kurdish population, there’s always the word of the Iraqis themselves. (Timothy Noah Quotes) Economic inequality is less troubling if you live in a country where any child, no matter how humble his or her origins, can grow up to be president. (Timothy Noah Quotes) Washington is a place where politics and economics often aren’t on speaking terms (Timothy Noah Quotes) You have to let the market reward effort and skill. But a system in which inequality of incomes constantly increases over time is worrisome. (Timothy Noah Quotes) Presidential election results in 2008 and 2012 clarified that talk radio was not, in fact, running the country. (Timothy Noah Quotes) Is class snobbery a social reality in the United States? Absolutely, and the kind that’s codified by meritocracy is probably more toxic than the old-fashioned kind based on bloodlines. (Timothy Noah Quotes) Conservatives often say that we should care not about equality of outcomes but about equality of opportunity. (Timothy Noah Quotes) The Kurds were the only people in Iraq who were completely unguarded in expressing their gratitude to the United States for setting them free. (Timothy Noah Quotes) The Pentagon got fed up with its recruits getting ripped off by payday lenders and in 2007 got Congress to make it illegal to extend such loans to members of the military. But civilians remain fair game. (Timothy Noah Quotes) Whatever the reason, American Muslims appear far less inclined to support the global jihad than their European counterparts. (Timothy Noah Quotes) The doomsayers of the 1970s were wrong about how quickly the world would run out of oil, but not about the dangers that hydrocarbon consumption posed to the global environment, especially with respect to climate change. (Timothy Noah Quotes) Wal-Mart uses technology to increase sales volume, but the more it does so, the more it drives down profit margins - its own and everybody else’s. The same logic does not appear to hold for Goldman Sachs. (Timothy Noah Quotes) President Obama has his faults, but overall, I think, is a good president (Timothy Noah Quotes) An orthodox belief in big government’s inefficiency cannot coexist with an orthodox belief in private industry’s inability to compete with big government. (Timothy Noah Quotes) There’s no shortage of Democrats who are at least as committed as Schwarzenegger to reducing greenhouse gases. (Timothy Noah Quotes) When the topic is growing income inequality, it’s hard to prettify an imbalance between the rich and everybody else, so instead, conservatives try to argue that it doesn’t exist. (Timothy Noah Quotes) Federal law prohibits anyone convicted of a felony from owning a gun. Seems like kind of a good idea, no? (Timothy Noah Quotes) The white working class likes being pandered to even less than it likes being insulted (Timothy Noah Quotes)

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