#service

The big winners under the American fiscal system are the rich, who pay some of the lowest taxes anywhere in the world; the old, who are the main beneficiaries of the American social service state; farmers, rural people. These are Republican constituencies. ↗

— David Frum

#anywhere #beneficiaries #big #constituencies #farmers

In addition, California spends nearly $1 billion a year in Medi-Cal services for an average of 780,000 illegal immigrants a month, over and above emergency health services. ↗

— Elton Gallegly

#addition #average #billion #california #emergency

When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#become #choose #construction #flatterers #guides

After-school tutoring programs, care for the elderly, shelters for the homeless, disaster relief work, and a variety of other services would all benefit from government funding. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#benefit #care #disaster #elderly #funding

From the beginning, there have been some religious leaders who greeted the funding of faith-based social services by government with ambivalence. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#been #beginning #faith-based #funding #government

Many of our nation's great leaders began their careers at a service academy. I encourage anyone interested in a rewarding college experience or military career to apply as soon as possible. ↗

— Chris Cannon

#anyone #apply #began #career #careers

To teach a man how he may learn to grow independently, and for himself, is perhaps the greatest service that one man can do another. ↗

— Benjamin Jowett

#greatest #greatest service #grow #himself #how

The master class seldom lose a chance to insult a woman who has the ability for something besides service to his lordship. ↗

— Caroline Nichols Churchill

#besides #chance #class #his #insult

China is starting an English-speaking television network around the world, Russia is, Al Jazeera. And the BBC is cutting back on its many language services around the world. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#around #back #bbc #china #cutting

I received an OBE from the Queen, which probably doesn't mean anything in America but is quite nice in England - the Order of the British Empire for services to drama. ↗

— Joan Collins

#anything #british #british empire #drama #empire