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" To argue that universal health care would wreck the U.S. lead in cancer survival, you'd have to argue that universal health care would wreck the entire U.S. economy. "

Timothy Noah

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Survival

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" If corporations are people, as the Supreme Court wishes us to believe, they are stunningly unpatriotic ones. "

" Voters care only that student loans remain freely available and that they cost taxpayers as little as possible. "

" Under Obama, income growth has been confined almost entirely to those at the top of the income distribution, continuing a pattern that began under President George W. Bush. "

" The House of Representatives eliminated the filibuster way back in the 19th century, and somehow it managed to survive. "

" Gun Owners of America is a lobby group dedicated to the proposition that the National Rifle Association is a bunch of accommodationist sissies. "

" 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. "

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" Spoken language's elaborate rhythms and inflections convey more meaning per word than the printed word. "

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" The United States is a country where practically everybody considers himself middle class. "

" The chief purpose of a union is to maximize the income of its members. "

" When businesses affirmatively like regulations, that's when to reach for your wallet. "

" Democrats view elections as a means to an end, while Republicans view an election as an end in itself. "

" What people want is big government that they don't have to pay for. "

" President Obama has his faults, but overall, I think, is a good president. "

" Whatever the reason, American Muslims appear far less inclined to support the global jihad than their European counterparts. "

" Ultimate success for a carbon tax would mean so complete a shift to renewable energy that the tax would stop raising much revenue at all. "

" Stock prices relative to company assets are no better at signaling the likelihood of future earnings growth than they were the day the Titanic sank, and risk management is a good deal worse. "

" Presidential election results in 2008 and 2012 clarified that talk radio was not, in fact, running the country. "

" Bottom line: A market approach to national defense would give us a lousy national defense. "

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Line

" 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. "

" When a conservative praises a liberal as 'morally serious,' he means that person is less liberal than most. "

" With its Medicaid expansion, Obamacare may turn out to be the most equality-promoting policy enacted in a generation. "

" 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. "

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" Being a teacher is back-breakingly difficult work. It is also extremely important work. "

" Electing Barack Obama president was a glorious Jackie Robinson moment for the United States of America. Obama didn't just win; he became the first Democrat since Jimmy Carter to win a popular-vote majority. "

" One of my lifelong hobbies has been to collect 'aptronyms' - the newspaper columnist Franklin P. Adams's term for people whose names were curiously appropriate to, or provided ironic comment on, their occupations. "

" 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. "

" The Supreme Court needs jurists, not politicians. "

" What if an asteroid were to strike planet Earth? What could we possibly do to prevent it? However many guys we have working on this problem, it can't possibly be enough. "

" Rule of thumb: When Democrats lose, they blame the candidate. When Republicans lose, they blame the opposition. "