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In the debate between those who believe in essentially unregulated markets and others who hold that reasonable regulation diminishes market excesses without inhibiting their basic function, the subprime situation unfortunately provides ammunition for the latter view.

Barney Frank

Capitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share power with those who will be affected by those decisions.
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Decision Perspective Power
I’m used to being in the minority. I’m a left-handed, gay Jew. I’ve never felt, automatically, a member of any majority.
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Gay Hand Left Majority
Nothing in the world is as mobile as capital. It can move anywhere in the world instantaneously.
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Mobile Moving World
For most of my life, I have eaten to deal with stress.
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Dealing Eaten Life Stress
I think there was an absolute, deep gap between consensual relations between adults, which people may like or dislike, and people who physically impose themselves on children or misuse their authority to impose on children.
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Children People Thinking
Serving in Congress is like having a second shot at high school.
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Congress Political School
I don’t think Donald Trump is the right person because I very much disagree with him.
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Persons Thinking Trump
I believe it is a good thing to get rid of Gaddafi. But does America have to do everything?
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Believe Country Good Thing
But when others suggested that the poor should not simply be the objects of these programs but also the subjects – that they should be actively involved in shaping the programs, making decisions about how to spend the money etc. – some of the previous supporters reconsidered.
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Decision Etc Poor Subject Sugegst
Well, many of us believe that excessive media concentration is a subject that ought to be addressed, and it is, of course, the intention of the majority party not to allow that to be discussed.
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Believe Media Party
And I think there is too much bloviating around from politicians.
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Much Politician Thinking Too
The problem with the war in Iraq is not so much the intelligence as the stupidity.
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Country Stupidity War
Bush senior used to say that we have more will than wallet. So he urged the country to attack poverty with a thousand points of light, none of which could be eaten.
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Country Light Senior
The single most important thing you can do politically for gay rights is to come out. Not to write a letter to your congressman but to come out.
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Gay Rights Writing
When I was here there was still a requirement that students had to swim 50 yards to graduate…because Harry Elkins Widener had drowned with the sinking of the Titanic. And it made me very grateful at the time that he had not gone down in a plane crash.
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Funny Graduation Grateful Swim
The best humor is offered up to you by the stupidity of your opponents.
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In the debate between those who believe in essentially unregulated markets and others who hold that reasonable regulation diminishes market excesses without inhibiting their basic function, the subprime situation unfortunately provides ammunition for the latter view.

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In the debate between those who believe in essentially unregulated markets and others who hold that reasonable regulation diminishes market excesses without inhibiting their basic function, the subprime situation unfortunately provides ammunition for the latter view.

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