Mark Skousen Quotes - Page 2

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• I find it ironic how New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg is so focused on such small issues as drink sizes, while ignoring the massive infrastructure challenges in New York - lousy roads, third-world airports, traffic jams, etc.

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  New York, Airports, Cities

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• The income tax is flawed for a number of reasons - it discourages economic growth and encourages a bloated government.

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  Government, Numbers, Growth

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• Donating money to a few of my favorite free-market organizations used to be a pleasant duty, but now I'm literally inundated with demands from hundreds of think tanks and public-policy groups, all vying for my limited funds

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  Thinking, Organization, Tanks

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• Even though I've reached retirement age, I still plan to work - writing my investment newsletter, speaking at conferences, publishing books, and producing conferences like FreedomFest.

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  Retirement, Book, Writing

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• The media simply does not understand Econ 101.

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  Media, Doe

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• Gold is as steady as a rock, a standardbearer by which all currencies can be accurately measured.

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  Rocks, Gold, Currency

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• Balance in life is the key, as Aristotle taught us. Nobody likes a naive Pollyanna, but neither do we like to be around people who are constantly complaining and finding fault.

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  Keys, Taught Us, People

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• In the early 1980s, I burned my Social Security card at the New Orleans Investment Conference in protest of the state pension system.

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  New Orleans, Cards, Investment

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• I am tired of the constant demonizing of people via political labels.

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  Tired, People, Political

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• For those of us in the financial world, Black Friday has a strong negative connotation, referring to a stock market catastrophe.

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  Friday, Strong, Black

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• Banking technology has made it simple and efficient to invest in good causes.

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  Technology, Simple, Banking

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• If you are wealthy enough, use part or all of your Social Security proceeds to invest in a favorite cause or two. Invest 10 percent or 100 percent of your monthly Social Security check in your favorite charity, foundation, think tank, church or synagogue, or other good cause.

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  Thinking, Two, Church

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• Contrary to what President Obama said in his inaugural address, going on Medicare and food stamps does not strengthen us. Just ask people who are fourth-generation welfare recipients.

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  People, President, Addresses

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• I have on my bookshelf a series of books with opposite titles: 'The Alpha Strategy' and the 'Omega Strategy'; 'Asia Rising' and 'Asia Falling'; 'Free to Choose' and 'Free to Lose'; 'How to Win Friends and Influence People' and 'How to Lose Friends and Alienate People.' Visitors love the collection.

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  Book, Fall, Winning

  "Positive or Negative about the Stock Market?". www.nasdaq.com. April 12, 2013.

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• Negative books can be bestsellers, but seldom classics.

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  Book, Negative

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• Bill Gates and Warren Buffett have their 'Giving Pledge,' where billionaires promise to give away the majority of their wealth when they die. My Social Security Pledge is better - to give money to good causes when you are alive. Besides, more Americans can participate.

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  Giving, Promise, Bills

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• You can give your Social Security check to any organization, public or private, or to individuals. You can donate it to your favorite political party. You can give the funds to a student scholarship - for your grandchildren, for example - or to somebody who has a medical need. Or you can invest your government check in free enterprise.

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  Party, Grandchildren, Government

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