Dick Armey
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Dick Armey
Richard Keith "Dick" Armeyis an American politician. He is a former U.S. Representative from Texas' 26th congressional districtand House Majority Leader. He was one of the engineers of the "Republican Revolution" of the 1990s, in which Republicans were elected to majorities of both houses of Congress for the first time in four decades. Armey was one of the chief authors of the Contract with America. Armey is also an author and former economics professor. Since his retirement from Congress, he...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth7 July 1940
CountryUnited States of America
Whether it's reducing a particular tax or reforming the entire tax code, the issue is fairness,
Because the American people champion liberty, more people in the world live free today than at any time in history. Yet, there is more to be done and it is America who will lead the way.
The average family pays more in taxes than it spends on food, clothing, and shelter combined.
Demagoguery beats data in making public policy.
You can't get ahead while getting even.
Virtually all bad ideas come from universities, bad ideas that only survive when insulated from reality.
The people themselves, not their government, should be trusted with spending their own money and making their own decisions.
[T]he tax code has been piling up, year after year, a symbol of everything gone wrong in America, of arrogant rulers and lost freedom, just waiting for us to pick the whole thing up and heave it away. It has to happen. Free people can put up with such laws only for so long.
At least if we don't close down the Environmental Protection Agency, we at least put a snaffle bit on them and ride the pony down.
Programs that pay farmers not to farm often devastate rural areas. The reductions hurt everyone from fertilizer companies to tractor salesmen.
After months of lies, the president has given millions of people around the world reason to doubt that he has sent Americans into battle for the right reasons, ... The fact that Americans are expressing these doubts shows that the president is losing his ability to lead. If the president refuses to resign for the sake of the nation, I believe he should be impeached and face Senate trial.
We're going to have a tax cut. Today's American family is overtaxed at all levels.
Jamestown colony, when it was first founded as a socialist venture, dang near failed with everybody dead and dying in the snow,
I deserved better than to be bullshitted by the vice president,