What type of ‘person’ is the for-profit corporation? A spoiled brat – all rights and no responsibilities, a traditional conservative argument would say. – Timothy Noah
Voters care only that student loans remain freely available and that they cost taxpayers as little as possible. – Timothy Noah
Success is a wonderful thing, but it tends not to be the sort of experience that we learn from. We enjoy it; perhaps we even deserve it. But we don’t acquire wisdom from it. – Timothy Noah
There’s no shortage of Democrats who are at least as committed as Schwarzenegger to reducing greenhouse gases. – Timothy Noah
The only agency of the federal government with a more demoralized workforce than Homeland Security is the Small Business Administration, a notorious turkey farm that should have been abolished years ago. – Timothy Noah
Rule of thumb: When Democrats lose, they blame the candidate. When Republicans lose, they blame the opposition. – Timothy Noah
The idea that the business world’s needs get ignored in Washington is perpetuated by business so it can fulfill even more of its needs, real or imagined. – Timothy Noah