Loopholes – Quotes

Congress has greatly tightened

Congress has greatly tightened the loopholes terrorists can use to harm Americans. We need to do more. We need controls immediately on what forms of ID are adequate to board planes and enter secure sites. Elton Gallegly

Lawyers from the NSA,

Lawyers from the NSA, as well as the UK’s GCHQ, work very hard to search for loopholes in laws and constitutional protections that they can use to justify indiscriminate, dragnet surveillance operations that were at best unwittingly authorized by lawmakers. Edward Snowden

Disassociating, mindfulness, transcendence-whatever the

Disassociating, mindfulness, transcendence-whatever the label-it’s a sort of loophole in our contract with reality, a form of self-rescue. Diane Ackerman

Now, the president would

Now, the president would like to do tax reform, which would obviously lower rates for most people in America and make the tax code fair and get rid of loopholes and special treatment. But absent tax reform, the president believes the right way to get our fiscal house in order is ask the wealthy to … Read more

I’ve taken up the

I’ve taken up the Bible again, somewhat in the spirit of W.C. Fields – looking for loopholes. David Niven

I have a very

I have a very simple philosophy of life: Kindness. Ferocious, unrelenting, ruthless, committed, passionate, kindness. Life is sacred everywhere. We all have better things to do than beat each other up. Arguing for the exception is to invest it with energy, it’s to negotiate the loophole. The commitment to kindness must be total. David Gerrold

If Congress were to

If Congress were to pass a ‘flat’ tax, you’d simply pay a fixed percentage of your income, and you wouldn’t have to fill out any complicated forms, and there would be no loopholes for politically connected groups, and normal people would actually understand the tax laws, and giant talking broccoli stalks would come around and … Read more

Congress has greatly tightened

Lawyers from the NSA,

Disassociating, mindfulness, transcendence-whatever the

I’ve taken up the

I have a very

If Congress were to

God does not hate

You must accept responsibility

I see as white