The politicians, he says, always promise that his turn will come.
In the past, politicians promised to create a better world.
So what did politicians promise us they would do?
But the problem is even worse than merely having too little in federal revenues to do what politicians promised voters.
No politician should promise more spending without having the honesty to say how the bills will be paid.
The public doubts that sacrifice will produce what politicians promise.
Our politicians promised one and then decided that keeping a promise was more than they needed to do.
In most cases, the politicians have promised that under their leadership insurance premiums could go down.
No politician can promise jobs today; to do so would be rash.
For a while, politicians and organizations promised that things would get back to normal.