Jim E. Blevins
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Jim E. Blevins
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In a Jewish village “a man was appointed to sit at the village gate and wait for the coming of the Messiah. He complained to the village elders that his pay was too low. “You are right,” they said to him, “the pay is low. But consider: The work is steady.”
"The number of federal employees to cut should be at least proportionate to the number of federal regulations that are nullified"

The belief that organizations enforce all their own rules counters all experience and Alinsky.
December 2, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Reposted by Jim E. Blevins
'This process includes the replacement of all first-rate talents, regardless of their political loyalties, with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is the best guarantee of their loyalty.' (The Origins of Totalitarianism, renewed version, A Harvest Book New York, 1976, 339)
October 23, 2024 at 1:46 PM
After unveiling his full-employment plan (with his wife having on her bedstand a Michael Harrington book), DAVE was asked "But how will you pay for that?" by Senator Howard Metzenbaum (D-OH).
November 7, 2024 at 10:00 PM