Unlike most government programs, Social Security and, in part, Medicare are funded by payroll taxes dedicated specifically to them. Some of the tax revenue pays for current benefits; anything that’s left over goes into trust funds for the future. The programs were designed this way for political reasons. James Surowiecki Read Quote
Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great. Clement Attlee Read Quote
One is taught by experience to put a premium on those few people who can appreciate you for what you are. Gail Godwin Read Quote
I am a product of affirmative action. I am the perfect affirmative action baby. I am Puerto Rican, born and raised in the south Bronx. My test scores were not comparable to my colleagues at Princeton and Yale. Not so far off so that I wasn’t able to succeed at those institutions. Sonia Sotomayor Read Quote
You can be a famous poisoner or a successful poisoner, but not both, and the same seems to apply to Great Train Robbers. Clive Anderson Read Quote
Until now, I’ve been a kind of binge-writer – I’ll carve out five or six hours on a weekend day and make a large container of espresso and just bang out a lot of words. Lev Grossman Read Quote
But when you get into a situation where you can acquire a proven leader, a proven quality player, an unselfish player, a guy who taken a team to the Super Bowl, I think you do it. Ron Jaworski Read Quote
