“If I were the owner of that establishment, I would have taken the item back, given “bite me” his money back”
I would have said “Well, if you won’t cut our taxes, that will be $40,001, Mr. Vice-President. I have a family to feed, clothe, and shelter and find it hard to concentrate with the Feds holding this much debt over my head.”
“If you want to toss in another $40,000 apiece for my wife and two kids to cover their share of the federal debt and unfunded liabilities for the welfare state, that would be swell.”
“Oh, and by the way, since you’re obviously not using your brain, you might want to consider donating it to science. It would be invaluable in moron-prevention research. After all, a mind is a terrible thing to waste.”
“Look, John’s last-minute economic plan does nothing to tackle the number-one job facing the middle class, and it happens to be, as Barack says, a three-letter word: jobs. J-O-B-S, jobs.” —Joe Biden