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An annual income of $500,000 "in Manhattan, believe it or not, is middle class."
Says New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says "we can only have three bullets" and "the NRA wants firearms with nukes on them."
"If you go back to 1999, Wayne LaPierre testified on behalf of the NRA that background checks were appropriate and should be done."
While the sequester is in effect, the federal government is still funding a study on duck penises.
"We have a federal government that thinks they have the authority to regulate our toilet seats."
"In the last two years, we have reduced the deficit by $2.5 trillion."
"Scientists tell us that we could have a cure in 10 years for Alzheimer's" were it not for "overzealous regulators, excessive taxation and greedy litigators."
"Seven of the 10 highest-income counties in the country ring the city" of Washington D.C.
"In the United States, 50 percent of social services are provided by the Catholic church."
Of every "three dollars in food stamps for the needy, seven dollars in salaries and pensions (go to) the bureaucrats who are supposed to be taking care of the poor."
Says the federal government is supporting a study in Hawaii to "develop a menu for when we colonize Mars."
"There are 3.6 million jobs sitting vacant, in part because there aren’t enough qualified applicants to fill them."
"When (John) Brennan ... was asked directly … ‘Is there any geographic limitation to your drone strike program?’ Brennan responded and said, ‘no, there is no limitation.’"
"We have no regulation of drones in the United States in their commercial use."
Says Jeb Bush "flip-flop-flip(ped) on immigration."
"The president is advocating a drone strike program in America."
"When the president's spokesman was asked about (Anwar) al-Awlaki's son, … he said he should have chosen a more responsible father."
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