{"id":2310,"date":"2008-10-01T19:19:22","date_gmt":"2008-10-02T00:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/?p=2310"},"modified":"2012-12-26T16:15:03","modified_gmt":"2012-12-26T21:15:03","slug":"fleeced-by-the-capitalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/quote-of-the-day\/10\/01\/fleeced-by-the-capitalists\/","title":{"rendered":"Fleeced By The Capitalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is an old maxim and a very sound one, that he that dances should always pay the fiddler. Now, sir, in the present case, if any gentlemen, whose money is a burden to them, choose to lead off a dance, I am decidedly opposed to the people&#8217;s money being used to pay the fiddler&#8230;all this to settle a question in which the people have no interest, and about which they care nothing. These capitalists generally act harmoniously, and in concert, to fleece the people, and now, that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are called upon to appropriate the people&#8217;s money to settle the quarrel.<\/p>\n<p>Abraham Lincoln in a <a href=\"http:\/\/quod.lib.umich.edu\/cgi\/t\/text\/text-idx?c=lincoln;cc=lincoln;type=simple;rgn=div1;q1=fleece;singlegenre=All;view=text;subview=detail;sort=occur;idno=lincoln1;node=lincoln1%3A92\">Speech in the Illinois Legislature Concerning the State Bank<\/a> [via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tinyrevolution.com\/mt\/archives\/002592.html\">Tiny Revolution<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Enjoy what you read? Subscribe to Prose Before Hos <a href=\"http:\/\/www.feedburner.com\/fb\/a\/emailverifySubmit?feedId=213418\">via email<\/a> or via <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/ProseBeforeHos\">RSS feed<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>See Also:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/crankycon.politicalbear.com\/2008\/10\/01\/george-will-on-the-bailout\/\">George Will on the bailout<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.julescrittenden.com\/2008\/10\/01\/diabolical-plot\/\">Diabolical Plot<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com\/2008\/09\/30\/why_the_next_bailout_bill_shou\/\">Why the next bailout bill should fail, too<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/belowthebeltway.com\/2008\/10\/01\/the-roots-of-the-financial-crisis\/\">The Roots Of The Financial Crisis<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/polizeros.com\/2008\/09\/30\/the-unexpected-return-of-class-war\/\">The unexpected return of class war<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/rossdouthat.theatlantic.com\/archives\/2008\/09\/can_mccain_come_back.php\">McCain, the GOP and the Bailout<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/politics.nashvillepost.com\/2008\/09\/30\/populism-has-its-uses\/\">Populism Has Its Uses<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dakotademocrat.com\/?p=149\">Common Sense Reasons Why The Bailout Is A Scam and Caused By Lenders<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[tags]abraham lincoln, ab lincoln, fleeced by the capitalists, capitalism, quote, economic bailout[\/tags]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is an old maxim and a very sound one, that he that dances should always pay the fiddler. 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