Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.

Context - Reagan said "In this present crisis" before the line you quoted, meaning it was a conditional thing not a general statement. He literally followed up with "Now, so there will be no misunderstanding, it's not my intention to do away with government."

Full speech linked.

once again I have to invoke the specter of Ronald Wilson Reagan, who is in Hell now. under Reagan, the term "government spending" was effectively demonized. fuck you, Reaganite ghouls! spending money, on its people and their needs, is the function of government! public works are good! say so!

If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations.

If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.

If you're under 30, the number is 100%.

Just finished Muppet Christmas Carol and the funniest running gag is omniscient narrator Gonzo and sidekick Russo having to break or sneak into every house in the story

We are soon going to realize just how much we rely on federal civil servants

Why does The Onion buying Infowars feel like the opposite of AI?

The next four years are about to show us why letting career politicians run government is not the worst idea

The slow trickle of MAGA folks over here underscores how much their experience of online is entirely dependent on people getting mad at them. It also underscores how even they, given the option, would rather not hang out with themselves either.

Definitely seems more chill here than the bird site

Somehow, Palpatine returned

In case anyone was wondering, this is why the right attacks education so fiercely