The Best of Notable Quotables; December 23, 1991
Table of Contents:
- The Best of Notable Quotables; December 23, 1991
- Gomer Pyle Award
- Peter Arnett Award
- Iron Curtain Award
- Gulf War
- Media Hero Award
- Willie Horton Award
- Damn Conservatives
- Armand Hammer Award
- Real Reagan Legacy
- Long Dong Silver Award
- Thurgood Marshall Award
- Borking Award
- Wilson-Weicker Award
- Which Way Is It?
- Silliest Analysis
- Quote of the Year
- 1991 Award Judges
Wilson-Weicker Tax Hike Advocacy Award
“American
tax rates today are, relatively speaking, low. Repeat, low. About half
the top rate in the rest of the industrialized world. Our sales taxes
are equally low. Fact: the United States is a tax bargain, believe it or
not. The difference, of course, is that in other countries, people see
their tax money coming back to them to make life more agreeable and
secure. In Western Europe, health care for everyone. In Scandinavia, day
care centers for mothers and children. In Japan, modern, efficient
cities that work.”
– NBC Nightly News anchor Garrick Utley on October 19, Taxpayers Action Day.
Runners-up:
“Every Governor in
America last year could have recited the Jim Florio rule of political
survival: never mount an honest attack against a state deficit. The New
Jersey Governor, who combined service cuts with the highest tax hike in
the state’s history, was all but tarred and feathered for his efforts.
But now, with at least 29 states facing potential deficits, Florio’s
approach is beginning to seem almost prescient.”
-- Time Associate
Editor Priscilla Painton, March 4.
“If you’re going to raise a
child who escapes this cycle [of poverty], you’re going to have to start
a little earlier. And that requires money – M-O-N-E-Y. Read my lips.
And it’s something this nation still isn’t ready to commit to...without
the hard billions of dollars, lots of money which must come from you
dear taxpayers, we’re not going to do this.”
– Sam Donaldson on This Week with David Brinkley, June 23.
