# anyone paying attention to the economy going down the fucking shitter?

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**Created:** [January 23, 2008, 6:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-paying-attention-to-the-economy-going-down-the-fucking-shitter/194987 "2008-01-23T06:11:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 6:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-paying-attention-to-the-economy-going-down-the-fucking-shitter/194987/10 "2008-01-23T06:55:01Z")

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> [@Since we are on the subject of renting.....](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/since-we-are-on-the-subject-of-renting/34527/3):
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> That first quote is awesome, TJ was so smart.
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> “I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.”

I like Gerald Ford’s take on it:

“A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.”

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