“In a 75-minute meeting Sunday night, President Obama once again demanded that more than $1 trillion in tax increases be part of any deficit reduction package attached to a vote on the debt ceiling. In the session, Obama rejected a Republican proposal to seek $2.5 trillion in spending cuts and reforms, and insisted on higher taxes on businesses and wealthy individuals. . . .”
— Stephen F. Hayes, The Weekly Standard
"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler
