Rich Whitney

"Very few people will clamor to have their taxes raised. … But if you ask the same people if they like their public university system, if they like health services, if they like clean water and go down the list of what government does, they'll say they want that...There is a disconnect. They think that in some magic way, government should be able to deliver all these things without providing the revenue."

"I really love getting into the nuts and bolts of policy, ... The citizens need to become policy wonks. They need to start doing their homework."