Matthew Yglesias Quotes

#1. I'm a liberal - I believe in subsidies for public goods and in regulations to curb harmful externalities, but neither of those things exist when it comes to parking.

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#2. Ultimately, I think the United States is a pretty awesome country but it very plausibly would have been even awesomer had English and American political leaders in the late 18th century been farsighted enough to find compromises that would have held the empire together.

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#3. I'm trying to inform people, so I try to present them with accurate information.

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#4. The environmental movement's focus on the Keystone XL pipeline issue really used to baffle me.

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#5. I'm not observant, personally, but if I ever see a priest resurrect the dead before my eyes I promise to revisit my atheism.

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#6. Your time as a manager is finite and valuable.

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#7. A normal recession disrupts people's lives, but a long recession destroys them. You lose output, prosperity, family stability, self-esteem, and many other qualities on what looks to be a semi-permanent basis.

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#8. In practice, US officials seem to know better than to indulge in the patriotic myth that our constitution is the greatest system of government ever devised.

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#9. The United States Postal Service has a problem. People aren't sending as much mail as they used to. That means less postage revenue and difficulty paying the bills.

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#10. I'm against government-subsidized parking and government-mandated parking.

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