“I believed the only thing that could turn around this government spending and mounting debt would be if the people rose up.” PeopleIfsGovernmentWould BeTurnsRoseDebtSpendingGovernment Spending Author:Jim DeMint
“You've got the Democratic Party that now depends on more government spending and actual building the dependence on government in order to increase their political party.” GovernmentPoliticalOrderPartyBuildingDependsIncreaseDemocraticSpendingDependencePolitical PartiesDemocratic PartyGovernment Spending Author:Jim DeMint
“Credit expansion is the governments' foremost tool in their struggle against the market economy. In their hands it is the magic wand designed to conjure away the scarcity of capital goods, to lower the rate of interest or to abolish it altogether, to finance lavish government spending, to expropriate the capitalists, to contrive everlasting booms, and to make everybody prosperous.” HandsGovernmentInterestStruggleEconomyMagicToolsRateCreditSpendingFinanceGoodsCapitalistExpansionEverlastingProsperousAbolishScarcityWandsMarket EconomyGovernment SpendingMagic Wands Book:Human action: a treatise on economics Source: Human action: a treatise on economics
“Government spending is being restrained, the economy is making progress and moving forward, and the pro-growth, tax cutting policies put in place have allowed businesses to grow, which has brought in additional tax revenue to help pay off the debt.” HelpingGovernmentMovingGrowsGrowthPayEconomyCuttingProgressPolicyTaxesDebtSpendingMoving ForwardRevenueKeep MovingKeep Moving ForwardGovernment Spending Author:Bill Shuster
“To win in November, Republican candidates must show they are in touch with voter concerns about growth, jobs, paychecks, government spending and debt. The only way to do this is by offering specific, persuasive ideas.” WayIdeasShowsGovernmentJobsWinningGrowthRepublicanConcernDebtSpendingCandidatesVotersOfferingNotableNovemberPaychecksPersuasiveGovernment Spending Author:Karl Rove
“Government spending cannot create additional jobs. If the government provides the funds required by taxing the citizens or by borrowing from the public, it abolishes on the one hand as many jobs as it creates on the other.” IfsThinkingHandsGovernmentJobsCitizensSpendingFundStimulusAbolishBorrowingGovernment Spending Author:Ludwig von Mises
“I am in favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible. ... because I believe the big problem is not taxes, the big problem is spending.” ThinkingWayBelieveReasonProblemBigsGovernmentI BelieveCuttingAmountCircumstancesTaxesExcuseSpendingFavorsIncomeEffectivenessBig ProblemsGovernment SpendingEconomic FreedomBudgetingSystemic ChangeEconomic Reforms Author:Milton Friedman
“Lower taxes, less government spending on domestic programs and fewer regulations mean a better economy for everybody.” MeanGovernmentEconomyTaxesProgramSpendingFewerRegulationGovernment Spending Author:Larry Elder
“If the U.S. Government was a company, the deficit would be $5 trillion because they would have to account by general accepted accounting principles. But actually they encourage government spending, reckless government spending, because the government can issue Treasury bills at extremely low interest rates.” IfsGovernmentWould BeInterestCompanyPrinciplesIssuesLowsAccountsBillsRateSpendingAcceptedDeficitRecklessAccountingTreasuryInterest RateGovernment SpendingUs TreasuryTreasury Bill Author:Marc Faber
“It is my view that what is important is cutting government spending, however spending is financed. A so-called deficit is a disguised and hidden form of taxation. The real burden on the public is what government spends (and mandates others to spend). As I have said repeatedly, I would rather have government spend one trillion dollars with a deficit of a half a trillion than have government spend two trillion dollars with no deficit.” SaidTwoImportantRealGovernmentFormViewsHalfCuttingDollarsBurdenSpendingTaxationDeficitMandatesGovernment Spending Author:Milton Friedman
“Increased government spending can provide a temporary stimulus to demand and output but in the longer run higher levels of government spending crowd out private investment or require higher taxes that weaken growth by reducing incentives to save, invest, innovate, and work.” GovernmentRunningGrowthLevelsHigherDemandTaxesInvestmentCrowdsSpendingTemporaryIncentivesReducingStimulusHigher LevelOutputGovernment Spending Author:Martin Feldstein
“Past experience with fiscal austerity at home and overseas strongly suggests that it is best for the economy's long-run performance to restrain government spending rather than raise taxes.” LongHomeGovernmentRunningPastEconomyTaxesPerformancesRaisesSpendingLong RunsGovernment SpendingAusterityPast Experiences Author:Mark Zandi
“MoveOn loves government. It remains enamored of government spending as fuel for its liberal agenda; and anything that threatens to close that spigot in any degree is perceived as a dire threat - worthy of Chicken-Little warnings that the sky is going to fall.” LittlesGovernmentFallSkyDegreesRemainsThreatWorthySpendingFuelAgendasChickensWarningGovernment SpendingEnamored Author:Bob Barr
“Sequestration was not designed to be anyone's ideal method for getting our hands around government spending, and it certainly isn't mine.” HandsGovernmentMinesIdealsMethodSpendingGovernment Spending Author:Johnny Isakson