Political Quotes

“E-commerce is a vital building block in America's future. We are being told that the changes in the next decade will quickly overshadow the changes of the 1990s. Think about that. We are going to overshadow this progress that we have made in the last decade in a couple years. And it has been hard for me to fathom the changes that we have seen in just the last few years. My father was an 8th-grade-educated steelworker but wise beyond his formal education. When I got in government, he said to me, Son, when you get in government, first do no harm. Do not get in the way. Do not stop progress. Do not let government overregulate, control, or tax success that is the major force in growing our quickly changing economy in this society. If we want something to slow up, tax it. If we want something to stop growing, tax it some more. If we want something to go away, tax it again and regulate it. If I were a retailer today, I would be using e-commerce to expand my business, not for defense.”