“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years. These nations have progressed through this sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to great courage; From courage to liberty; From liberty to abundance; From abundance to selfishness; From selfishness to apathy; From apathy to dependence; From dependence back into bondage.” DemocracyFiscal PolicyFederal Spending Author:Alexander Fraser Tytler
“Under the administration of George W. Bush, you will recall, federal spending grew pretty significantly. At the same time, the number of people directly employed by the federal government shrank. One of the factors that explained the difference was contracting.” PeopleGovernmentDifferencesNumbersGrewSpendingFactorsAdministrationRecallsFederal GovernmentEmployedContractingFederal Spending Author:Thomas Frank
“Redirect federal spending aimed at fulfilling the terms of the increasingly irrelevant Kyoto Protocol.” TermSpendingFulfillingIrrelevantProtocolKyotoKyoto ProtocolFederal Spending Author:Stephen Harper
“I regard reduction in Federal spending as one of the most important issues in this campaign. In my opinion it is the most direct and effective contribution that Government can make to business.” ImportantGovernmentOpinionIssuesDirectRegardSpendingCampaignsContributionReductionImportant IssuesFederal Spending Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“You know, it doesn't take a genius in the private sector to know that you can save literally hundreds of billions of dollars in federal spending if you can make it more responsive. That's the main job.” IfsKnowsJobsGeniusDollarsSpendingBillionsPrivate SectorFederal Spending Author:Darrell Issa
“Expose widespread waste and duplication in federal spending.” WasteSpendingDuplicationFederal Spending Author:Tom Coburn
“Cut defense spending as part of cutting all federal spending.” CuttingSpendingDefenseFederal SpendingDefense Spending Author:Rand Paul
“It seems that nearly every American either has a share of federal spending or has a close relative who does.” DoeSeemsShareSpendingRelativeFederal Spending Author:Trent Lott
“Only dramatic cuts in the federal deficit, a rollback of regulations that cripple small and community banks, a cancellation of future tax increase plans, a big reduction in federal spending, repeal of Obamacare, freeing manufacturing from the prospect of carbon taxation and unleashing out domestic energy potential can solve our problems. But Obama is not about to undo his legacy of disaster for the American people.” PeopleProblemBigsEnergyCommunityCuttingPlansTaxesIncreaseSolveSpendingDisasterLegacyDramaticRegulationCarbonTaxationDeficitManufacturingObamacareReductionCripplesTax IncreasesCancellationUnleashingFederal Spending Author:Dick Morris
“Whether it's called 'compassionate conservatism' or 'big government Republicanism,' after years of record increases in federal spending, more government is now the accepted Republican philosophy in Washington.” YearsPhilosophyBigsGovernmentRecordsRepublicanIncreaseSpendingAcceptedCompassionateConservatismBig GovernmentRepublicanismFederal Spending Author:Mike Pence
“I sense that conservatives have largely already tuned out to the coming elections, after six years of burgeoning federal spending and inaction on key issues, such as immigration. The Republican Party has become the party of the government status quo, and conservatives see no reason to reward it with their votes.” YearsReasonGovernmentPartyIssuesKeysRepublicanSixVoteElectionRewardsSpendingImmigrationNo ReasonRepublican PartyStatus QuoInactionFederal Spending Author:Bob Barr
“Mr. Obama plans to boost federal spending 25 percent while nearly tripling the national debt over 10 years. Americans know that this kind of spending will have economic consequences, including new taxes being imposed by the new progressives.” KnowsYearsKindPlansEconomicTaxesPercentConsequenceIncludingDebtSpendingBoostNational DebtFederal Spending Author:Karl Rove
“In a clean break from the Obama years, and frankly from the years before this president, we will keep federal spending at 20 percent of GDP, or less. That is enough. The choice is whether to put hard limits on economic growth, or hard limits on the size of government, and we choose to limit government.” YearsHardEnoughGovernmentChoicesGrowthPresidentBreakEconomicLimitsPercentCleanSizeSpendingEconomic GrowthGdpSize Of GovernmentFederal Spending Author:Paul Ryan
“Since President Obama assumed office three years ago, federal spending has accelerated at a pace without precedent in recent history.” YearsThreePresidentOfficeYears AgoSpendingPacePresident ObamaThree YearsPrecedentFederal Spending Author:Mitt Romney
“Ultimately, my proposal isn't intended to increase or decrease the amount of federal spending spent on antipoverty programs.” DreamAmountProgramIncreaseSpendingAmerican DreamProposalDecreaseFederal Spending Author:Marco Rubio
“In fact, entitlement spending on programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security make up 54% of federal spending, and spending is projected to double within the next decade. Medicare is growing by 9% annually, and Medicaid by 8% annually.” FactsNextSocialGrowingSecurityProgramSpendingDecadesSocial SecurityEntitlementMedicareMedicaidEntitlement ProgramsFederal Spending Author:Jim Ryun
“Californians are worried about whether they will have a job along with ballooning federal spending and deficits.” JobsSpendingWorriedDeficitCaliforniansFederal Spending Author:Carly Fiorina
“The country is facing a fiscal crisis, and the United States Senate is at the center of the debate about how to bring federal spending under control.” CountryStatesUnitedUnited StatesCrisisSpendingDebateSenateFederal Spending Author:Jeff Flake