Churchill on the Stimulus Package
No, Sir Winston has not interrupted his first million years in heaven to comment on the U.S. Government’s “Fiscal Stimulus Package.” And I’m not going to suggest what he would think of it—heaven forbid. I’ve just sifted through Churchill by Himself for applicable quotations, ranging them in strict chronological order. Draw your own conclusions:
“You may, by the arbitrary and sterile act of Government—for, remember, Governments create nothing and have nothing to give but what they have first taken away—you may put money in the pocket of one set of Englishmen, but it will be money taken from the pockets of another set of Englishmen, and the greater part will be spilled on the way.”…
