05/30/2016
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"Our current level of dependence on oil, no matter where it is from, subjects us to the price volatility of world oil markets."
"Why don't you propose that?"
"We have made it easier for government to grow, particularly in 1975 when we lowered that filibuster threshold to only three-fifths."
"By and large, government was something to fear because they understood that as government grew, our freedoms receded."