Take away the government's monopoly, and private groups will do it better. John Stossel More Quotes by John Stossel More Quotes From John Stossel I'm an American. I'm for prosperity. I've discovered, from 40 years of reporting, that what creates prosperity is limited government. John Stossel prosperity government years I had to watch government fail for 25 years doing consumer reporting before I really saw it because intuitively, the reaction is problem, bring government and government will make it better. John Stossel government watches years I was a closet stutterer. John Stossel closets No transaction happens unless it is voluntary. It only happens if both of you think you win. John Stossel transactions winning thinking Competition leads both drug companies and private regulators to be trustworthy. If they are not trustworthy, they die. John Stossel trustworthy competition drug Private businesses ought to get to discriminate. John Stossel ought Living with the liberals, you get to hear their arguments, fight with them all the time. Keeps me alert. John Stossel argument fighting When workers can get and equal return for less effort, workers make less effort John Stossel equal effort return The people who have the biggest passion for restricting other people's behavior are the very people we should worry about most. Unfortunately, they keep running for office. John Stossel passion worry running Well, who is more likely to volunteer to take a job in a bureaucracy that has little to recommend it except that it gives you the power to use government force to control the lives of others? A dispassionate scientist or a zealot? In government, the zealots eventually take over. John Stossel government jobs giving People acting in their own self-interest is the fuel for all the discovery, innovation, and prosperity that powers the world. John Stossel self discovery people I was ashamed for people to see me struggle. John Stossel ashamed struggle people As a free person, I ought to be allowed if I'm dying to take something. John Stossel ought dying persons Many people are priced out of the medical and insurance markets for one reason: the politicians refusal to give up power. Allowing them to seize another 16 percent of the economy won't solve our problems. Freedom will. John Stossel medical giving-up people Any money the government spends must be taxed, borrowed or conjured out of thin air by the Federal Reserve, and that will reduce sound private investment. Obama has no real wealth to inject into the economy. He can only move around existing money while inflation robs us of purchasing power. Meanwhile, private investors who might have produced a better engine, battery, computer, cancer treatment or other wealth-creating and life-enhancing innovations hold back for fear that big government will undermine productive efforts. John Stossel cancer real moving As coercive monopolies that spend other people's money taken by force, governments are uniquely unqualified to solve problems. They are riddled by ignorance, perverse incentives, incompetence and are self-serving. John Stossel government ignorance taken Prosperity comes from leaving people free in a legal system that respects their persons and property so they can pursue their dreams while taking responsibility for their actions. John Stossel responsibility dream people The people who run the international tests told us, "the biggest predictor of student success is choice." Nations that "attach the money to the kids" and thereby allow parents to choose between different public and private schools have higher test scores. This should be no surprise; competition makes us better. John Stossel running kids school What I've learned in 40 years of consumer reporting is that the market is imperfect, and some people get ripped off. John Stossel imperfect people years Current government regulation interferes with honest voluntary exchanges by imposing arbitrary terms and requiring tons of paperwork disclosing information no one wants anyway. John Stossel arbitrary government want
