The Best of Notable Quotables; December 21, 1992
Table of Contents:
- The Best of Notable Quotables; December 21, 1992
- Rodney King Award
- Damn Conservatives
- Festival of Hate
- Clinton Camelot
- I am Woman
- Henry Luce Award
- Willie Horton Award
- Silliest Analysis
- Ross Perot Award
- Real Reagan Legacy
- James Carville Award
- Iron Curtain Award
- Happy Talk Award
- Media Hero Award
- Which Way Is It?
- Quote of the Year
- 1992 Award Judges
The Henry Luce Would Roll Over in His Grave Award
“During
the darkest days of the tax battle, did you have the urge to tell the
state residents ‘Oh, grow up?’”
– Time reporter David Ellis interviewing Connecticut’s tax-hiking Governor Lowell Weicker, April 13 issue.
Runners-up:
“Put an international tax on emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases....Find a way to put the brakes on the world’s spiraling population, which will otherwise double by the year 2050....Give the United Nations broad powers to create an environmental police force for the planet.”
– Time list of “What They Should Do But
Won’t” at the United Nations “Earth Summit” in Rio de Janeiro, June 1.
“Increase
taxes on gasoline and other fuels. This would help finance cuts in
other taxes – each penny-per-gallon increase in the gas tax would
generate $1 billion in new revenues – and would also encourage energy
conservation, cut down pollution and traffic congestion, and reduce the
U.S. trade deficit. A good start would be an increase of 25 cents per
gal. – less than the amount by which prices rose during the Gulf War –
with further increases of five cents a year.”
– Time suggestion for a
tax package, Dec 9, 1991.
