Arguing with Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big GovernmentGlenn Beck, the New York Times bestselling author of The Great Reset, provides the ultimate handbook for tackling and winning life’s most important arguments. FUNNY. FRIGHTENING. TRUE. The #1 New York Times bestseller that gives you the right answers when idiots leave you speechless! It happens to all of us: You’re minding your own business, when some idiot* informs you that guns are evil, the Prius will save the planet, or the rich have to finally start paying their fair share of taxes. Just go away! you think to yourself—but they only get more obnoxious. Your heart rate quickens. You start to sweat. But never fear, for Glenn Beck has stumbled upon the secret formula to winning arguments against people with big mouths and small minds: knowing the facts. And this book is full of them. The next time your Idiot Friends tell you how gun control prevents gun violence, you’ll tell them all about England’s handgun ban (see page 53). When they insist that we should copy the UK’s health-care system, you’ll recount the horrifying facts you read on page 244. And the next time you hear how produce prices will skyrocket without illegal workers, you’ll have the perfect rebuttal (from page 139). Armed with the ultimate weapon—the truth—you can now tolerate (and who knows, maybe even enjoy?) your encounters with idiots everywhere! *Idiots can’t be identified through voting records; look instead for people who hide behind stereotypes, embrace partisanship, and believe that bumper sticker slogans are a substitute for common sense. |
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... spending taxpayer money, contains over 6,000 pages of rules, and that doesn't even include the addendums created by each individual agency. Why is it so complicated? Because, like our tax code, it serves various competing interests, all ...
... spending taxpayer money, contains over 6,000 pages of rules, and that doesn't even include the addendums created by each individual agency. Why is it so complicated? Because, like our tax code, it serves various competing interests, all ...
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... spending money is like trying to convince John Goodman to fill up on salad at the buffet—it's against everything they stand for. One way to clearly see that is by looking at how multiple generations of politicians do with managing ...
... spending money is like trying to convince John Goodman to fill up on salad at the buffet—it's against everything they stand for. One way to clearly see that is by looking at how multiple generations of politicians do with managing ...
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... spending (surprise, surprise) was the culprit. In 1991, when the so-called crisis was happening, the state's total spending was about $7.6 billion. In 2008, total spending is projected to be $18.8 billion—an increase of 147 percent. To ...
... spending (surprise, surprise) was the culprit. In 1991, when the so-called crisis was happening, the state's total spending was about $7.6 billion. In 2008, total spending is projected to be $18.8 billion—an increase of 147 percent. To ...
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... spending was responsible for just 24 percent of our GDP. By 2008, that number had rocketed to over 37 percent and—hope you're sitting down—Goldman Sachs projects it to hit a catastrophic 83 percent by the end of the decade. Consider ...
... spending was responsible for just 24 percent of our GDP. By 2008, that number had rocketed to over 37 percent and—hope you're sitting down—Goldman Sachs projects it to hit a catastrophic 83 percent by the end of the decade. Consider ...
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Contents
EDUCATION | 61 |
AMERICAS ENERGY FUTURE | 85 |
UNIONS | 113 |
ECONOMICS 101 | 189 |
U S PRESIDENTS | 213 |
Why a Paper Cut May Soon Be Fatal | 235 |
Lost in Translation | 267 |
CITATIONS | 301 |
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