Quote of the Day
Jun 16, 2020 13:56:46 #
Quote for today: "The problems we face today are there because the people
who work for a living are now outnumbered by those who vote for a living."
--Anonymous
who work for a living are now outnumbered by those who vote for a living."
--Anonymous
Jun 16, 2020 13:59:13 #
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Jun 16, 2020 14:52:06 #
usn ret wrote:
Quote for today: "The problems we face today are there because the people
who work for a living are now outnumbered by those who vote for a living."
--Anonymous
who work for a living are now outnumbered by those who vote for a living."
--Anonymous
March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1835
We have the right as individuals to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of Congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money. Davy Crockett
Can't find the complete speech currently; but remember in part that it pertained to your quote of the day.
Jun 16, 2020 15:05:27 #
cedymock wrote:
March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1835
We have the right as individuals to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of Congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money. Davy Crockett
Can't find the complete speech currently; but remember in part that it pertained to your quote of the day.
We have the right as individuals to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of Congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money. Davy Crockett
Can't find the complete speech currently; but remember in part that it pertained to your quote of the day.
Thanks for the info. Sort of goes along with PM Margret Thatcher's remarks about socialism and running out of other peoples money..........
Oct 8, 2021 04:27:46 #
cedymock wrote:
March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1835
We have the right as individuals to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of Congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money. Davy Crockett
Can't find the complete speech currently; but remember in part that it pertained to your quote of the day.
We have the right as individuals to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of Congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money. Davy Crockett
Can't find the complete speech currently; but remember in part that it pertained to your quote of the day.
Just a bit of keyboard work and I found the speech referenced here. The link to said speech: http://eurofolkradio.com/2015/11/17/davy-crocketts-famous-speech-against-the-welfare-state/
A brief excerpt from said speech: “Mr. Speaker — I have as much respect for the memory of the deceased, and as much sympathy for the sufferings of the living, if suffering there be, as any man in this House, but we must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for a part of the living to lead us into an act of injustice to the balance of the living. I will not go into an argument to prove that Congress has no power to appropriate this money as an act of charity. Every member upon this floor knows it. We have the right, as individuals, to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of Congress we have no right so to appropriate a dollar of the public money. Some eloquent appeals have been made to us upon the ground that it is a debt due the deceased.
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