“He's a family man and a businessman. He spent his career building successful companies. Then, he saved the 2002 Olympics and brought pride to our nation. As governor, he balanced the budget, cut taxes, and created jobs. The president America needs is Mitt Romney!” MenNeedsJobsAmericaNationsPresidentCompanyCareersSuccessfulCuttingBuildingPrideTaxesSavedBudgetsBalancedGovernorsOlympicsBusinessmanRomneyFamily ManSuccessful CompanyBudget Cuts Author:Reince Priebus
“For the fifth year in a row, the Bush budget cuts city core services to pay for wealthy tax breaks. And once again, the mayor's requests were not funded.” YearsPayCitiesBreakCuttingTaxesCoreBudgetsWealthyFifthRequestMayorsTax BreaksBudget Cuts Author:Anthony Weiner
“Additional federal studies are under way to see if any contamination reaches taps or ground water used for drinking, but the program under which they are conducted, the toxic substances hydrology program of the geological survey, is slated to be eliminated under budget cuts proposed by the Bush administration, government officials said... estrogens and similar compounds are increasingly the focus of research by the Environmental Protection Agency and many scientists because of hints that they alter sexual characteristics in fish and other aquatic species.” IfsWaySaidGovernmentUsedWaterStudyFocusCuttingResearchProgramScientistDrinkingSpeciesEnvironmentalFishesProtectionAdministrationSubstanceBudgetsAgencyCharacteristicsOfficialsToxicHintsCompoundsSurveysEnvironmental ProtectionGovernment OfficialsContaminationEstrogenBudget Cuts Author:Andrew Revkin
“I really didn't realize the librarians were, you know, such a dangerous group. They are subversive. You think they're just sitting there at the desk, all quiet and everything. They're like plotting the revolution, man. I wouldn't mess with them. You know, they've had their budgets cut. They're paid nothing. Books are falling apart. The libraries are just like the ass end of everything, right?” ThinkingKnowsMenBookEndsFallRealizingCuttingGroupsDangerousRevolutionQuietSittingPaidLibraryAssMessBudgetsDesksFalling ApartLibrarianSubversiveBudget Cuts Author:Michael Moore
“But you have to have a vision of what kind of military you are trying to build in order to get the [budget] cuts to make sense.” TryingKindOrderVisionCuttingMilitaryMake SenseBudgetsBudget Cuts Author:Jessica Mathews
“Sometimes a party must sail against the wind. We cannot heed the call of those who say it is time to furl the sail. The party that tore itself apart over Vietnam in the 1960s cannot afford to tear itself apart today over budget cuts in basic social programs.” SometimesTodaySocialPartyCuttingTearsWindProgramBudgetsVietnamSail1960sHeedSocial ProgramsBudget Cuts Author:Edward Kennedy
“Budget cuts if you're not rich, tax cuts if you are. Less money for those who don't have any and more to those who do. That's how President Fredo says we're going to get out of the giant deficit hole he's dug. You can't put it any more simply. Rich people richer. Poor people poorer.” PeopleIfsPresidentPoorRichCuttingTaxesHolesBudgetsGiantsPoor PeopleDeficitRich PeopleTax CutsBudget Cuts Author:Will Durst
“I would set aside all these budget cuts that are going to devastate the F.B.I., the C.I.A., and the N.S.A. Sequestration, cuts, are not only gutting the military, they're gutting the F.B.I. So if I were president, I would set these cuts aside. I would reinstate the N.S.A. program as robust as possible within the constitutional limits.” IfsPresidentCuttingMilitaryLimitsProgramBudgetsRobustBudget Cuts Author:Rand Paul
“The air strikes are important [to fight ISIS], but we need to have an air force capable of it. And because of the budget cuts we are facing in this country, we are going to be left with the oldest and the smallest Air Force we have ever had. We have to reverse those cuts, in addition to the cuts to our Navy and in addition to the cuts to our Army, as well.” NeedsWellsImportantCountryFightingLeftForceCuttingAirCapableArmyStrikesBudgetsSmallestReverseNavyIsisAir ForceBudget Cuts Author:Marco Rubio
“We can become very short-sighted in terms of objectives. The first thing to go during times of economic crisis and budget cuts is funding for things that are essential and not-quantifiable, like the arts. Save Big Bird” FirstsArtBigsTermCuttingEconomicEssentialsBirdCrisisObjectivesBudgetsFundingEconomic CrisisShort SightedBudget CutsBig Bird Author:Julia Stiles
“America's military is second to none in the world. We're blessed with terrific soldiers, and extraordinary technology and intelligence. But the idea of a trillion dollars in cuts through sequestration and budget cuts to the military would change that.” WorldIdeasAmericaTechnologyCuttingMilitaryBlessedDollarsExtraordinarySoldierBudgetsTerrificBudget Cuts Author:Mitt Romney
“I will not cut our military budget by a trillion dollars, which is a combination of the budget cuts Barack Obama has, as well as the sequestration cuts. That, in my view, is making our future less certain and less secure.” WellsCertainViewsCuttingMilitaryDollarsSecureBarackCombinationBudgetsOur FutureMilitary BudgetBudget Cuts Author:Mitt Romney
“If American women would increase their voting turnout by ten percent, I think we would see an end to all of the budget cuts in programs benefiting women and children.” IfsThinkingChildrenEndsCuttingTenPercentProgramIncreaseBudgetsVotingAmerican WomanInspirational VotingBudget Cuts Author:Coretta Scott King
“Pentagon's readiness and modernization problems are not due to budget cuts. The are the result of habitual modes of conduct evolved during the Cold War and a desire by the Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex (MICC) to protect its comfortable life style in a world that is changing rapidly.” WorldWarProblemDesireResultsCuttingMilitaryStyleColdProtectComfortableComplexesDuesBudgetsCold WarReadinessHabitualPentagonLife StyleModernizationComfortable LifeBudget Cuts Author:Franklin C. Spinney
“Despite a decade of criticism and budget cuts, the specialised UN agencies have far more expertise and hands-on experience than any other organisations in the world.” WorldHandsCuttingCriticismDecadesDespiteBudgetsAgencyExpertiseOrganisationBudget CutsHands On Experience Author:Jeffrey Sachs
“It's good news that he is proposing to restore budget cuts that he made, but the reality is that he is still proposing a 4.5 percent increase in tuition that's above inflation.” MadeStillsRealityCuttingNewsPercentIncreaseBudgetsGood NewsInflationTuitionBudget Cuts Author:James Rosapepe
“Your child’s future was the first to go with budget cuts.” FirstsChildrenCuttingOur ChildrenBudgetsYour ChildrenBudget Cuts Author:Lupe Fiasco
“His presidency ended more than a decade ago, but politicians, Democrat and Republican, still talk about Ronald Reagan. Al Gore has an ad noting that in Congress he opposed the Reagan budget cuts. He says that because Bill Bradley was one of 36 Democratic Senators who voted for the cuts. Gore doesn’t point out that Bradley also voted against the popular Reagan tax cuts and that it was the tax cuts that piled up those enormous deficits, a snowballing national debt.” StillsCuttingPoliticianRepublicanTaxesBillsDemocraticDemocratCongressDebtDecadesEnormousBudgetsAlsAdsSenatorsPresidencyDeficitGoreTax CutsNational DebtBudget Cuts Author:Bruce Morton
“In this time of budget cuts, we cannot forget that basic science is a building block for scientific innovation and economic growth in the information age.” AgeGrowthForgetCuttingEconomicInformationBuildingInnovationBlockBudgetsEconomic GrowthInformation AgeBuilding BlocksBudget Cuts Author:Tim Bishop
“I support responsible spending, and balancing the budget, but this tax cut and the budget cuts of last month accomplish neither of these goals.” LastsGoalSupportCuttingMonthsTaxesResponsibleAccomplishSpendingBudgetsTax CutsBudget Cuts Author:Marty Meehan
“... new EU embassies lack the expertise in the field of culture and given the budget cuts in all Member States it is important to confront this challenge together.” ImportantStatesTogetherCultureGivenChallengesCuttingFieldsMembersEuropeBudgetsExpertiseEmbassyBudget Cuts Author:Pierre Vimont