Taxing poor families runs counter to decades of effort to help people lift themselves out of poverty through work.

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It used to be that people needed products to survive. Now products need people to...

It used to be that people needed products to survive. Now products need people to...

A viewer who skips the advertising is the moral equivalent of a shoplifter.

A viewer who skips the advertising is the moral equivalent of a shoplifter.

All television is educational television. The question is: what is it teaching?

All television is educational television. The question is: what is it teaching?

I think a newspaper should be provocative, stir 'em up, but you can't do that...

I think a newspaper should be provocative, stir 'em up, but you can't do that...

Television is a triumph of equipment over people and the minds that control it are...

Television is a triumph of equipment over people and the minds that control it are...

I don't like to watch golf on television because I can't stand people who whisper

I don't like to watch golf on television because I can't stand people who whisper

The difference between writing a book and being on television is the difference between conceiving...

The difference between writing a book and being on television is the difference between conceiving...

Television is not real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee...

Television is not real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee...

Watching a baseball game on television is like chasing the great white whale in a...

Watching a baseball game on television is like chasing the great white whale in a...

Much of the messy advertising you see on television today is the product of committees....

Much of the messy advertising you see on television today is the product of committees....

In Beverly Hills... they don't throw their garbage away. They make it into television shows.

In Beverly Hills... they don't throw their garbage away. They make it into television shows.

My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he...

My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he...

Television is Democracy at it's ugliest

Television is Democracy at it's ugliest

Television has raised writing to a new low.

Television has raised writing to a new low.

Television makes so much at its worst that it can't afford to do its best.

Television makes so much at its worst that it can't afford to do its best.

I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.

I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.

Baseball hasn't been the national pastime for many years now - no sport is. The...

Baseball hasn't been the national pastime for many years now - no sport is. The...

Television is the first truly democratic culture - the first culture available to everybody and...

Television is the first truly democratic culture - the first culture available to everybody and...

When I got my first television set, I stopped caring so much about having close...

When I got my first television set, I stopped caring so much about having close...

To the public, the press is not David among Goliaths; it has become one of...

To the public, the press is not David among Goliaths; it has become one of...