It's true that monetary policy was too lax for too long, and the government encouraged lending to people who were unlikely to repay their loans.
What got us out of the depression was capitalism, and we would have gotten out a lot quicker had the government not intervened.
The left-wing agenda wants us to think that the reason there was a depression was because the government didn't do anything. That's not true.
Open government is, within limits, an ideal that we all share. U.S. President Barack Obama endorsed it when he took office in January 2009.
If you look at what is happening in Republican conventions across the country, they are energized. And the message is really the same - that is, big government is a problem, spending is a problem.
If the government is going to mandate levels and punish schools for failing, they should send that money to the school system.
Some Iraqi troops aren't willing to fight for their government. But many Shiites appear willing to fight for their religious leaders.
The Internet was developed in large part by U.S. government research funding to develop new communications networks, starting with a network created by the Department of Defense.
We must not expect a full-scale peaceful revolution every time a Labour Government is elected.
The problem is that the U.S. government is the biggest debtor in the world, and those depending on it to take care of them will only become poorer.
You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to follow the first one.
The Chinese government clearly sees Internet and mobile innovation as a major driver of its global economic competitiveness going forward.
Black Americans, no more than white Americans, they do not want more government programs which perpetuate dependency. They don't want to be a colony in a nation.
Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning by another branch of government.
I have a message from the Tea Party, a message that is loud and clear and does not mince words. We've come to take our government back.
I don't care if you're a Republican or a Democrat, there is something profoundly un-American about using the brute force of government to bully someone.
Beginning with the stimulus, Obama has repeatedly inserted the government into the free market for political reasons - and with disastrous results.
In Michigan, a liberal democrat raised taxes and kept their government programs at the same level. And guess what? Their economy continued into the toilet, it continued down.
It is through states that the American people get the job done every day, often in spite of a deeply flawed bureaucratic federal government.
Government subsidies to elite private universities take the form of tax deductions for people who make charitable contributions to them.
The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.
