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Beginning to dismantle the Pentagon would save $1 trillion a year - a small government proposal if ever there was one.

~Bill Ayers

Topics: Beginning Dismantle Ever Government Pentagon Proposal Save Small Small Government Trillion Would Year

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I believe that people who do not vote in this country have no right to complain about the government that we are now living under. By the same token, if you don't really vote in television, you're never going to have your way. Write a letter to the president of the network.

~Bill Bixby

Topics: About Believe Complain Country Going Government Letter Living Network Never Now People President Really Right Same Television Token Vote Way Who Write You Your I Believe I Believe That

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There'd never been a more advantageous time to be a criminal in America than during the 13 years of Prohibition. At a stroke, the American government closed down the fifth largest industry in the United States - alcohol production - and just handed it to criminals - a pretty remarkable thing to do.

~Bill Bryson

Topics: Alcohol America American American Government Been Closed Criminal Criminals Down Fifth Government Handed Industry Just Largest More Never Pretty Production Prohibition Remarkable States Stroke Than Thing Time United United States Years

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Gordon Ramsay grew up in a tourist town, Stratford-Upon-Avon, but in a part tourists don't visit - a council estate: a concrete bunker subsidized by the local government, synonymous with deprivation and blight.

~Bill Buford

Topics: Bunker Concrete Council Deprivation Estate Gordon Government Grew Local Local Government Part Synonymous Tourist Tourists Town Up Visit

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Groups that advocate open government have argued that it's vital to know the names of White House visitors, who may have an outsized influence on policy matters.

~Bill Dedman

Topics: Advocate Argued Government Groups House Influence Know Matters May Names Open Policy Visitors Vital White White House Who

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State courts usually rule that correspondence between government officials, about government business, are public records, whether they use their government e-mail accounts or private ones.

~Bill Dedman

Topics: About Accounts Between Business Correspondence Courts Government Government Officials Officials Private Public Records Rule State Use Whether E-Mail

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Disclosure of private e-mails from government officials has been a legal issue in many states.

~Bill Dedman

Topics: Been Disclosure Government Government Officials Issue Legal Many Officials Private States E-Mails

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Federal agencies that own bridges have some of the worst records for on-time inspections. Nearly 3,000 bridges owned by U.S. government agencies went more than two years between checkups.

~Bill Dedman

Topics: Agencies Between Bridges Federal Government Inspection More Nearly Own Owned Records Some Than Two U.s. Government Worst Years

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The Adversity Index was created by msnbc.com and Moody's Analytics to track the economic fortunes of states and metro areas. Each month, the Adversity Index uses government data on employment, industrial production, housing starts and home prices to label each area as expanding, at risk of recession, in recession or recovering.

~Bill Dedman

Topics: Adversity Area Created Data Each Economic Employment Expanding Fortunes Government Home Housing Industrial Label Metro Month Moody Prices Production Recession Recovering Risk Starts States Track Uses

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The Federal Government is achieving its stated goal of helping more minorities go from being renters to being owners.

~Bill Dedman

Topics: Achieving Being Federal Federal Government Go Goal Government Helping Minorities More Owners Stated

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