“The crisis and recession have led to very low interest rates, it is true, but these events have also destroyed jobs, hamstrung economic growth and led to sharp declines in the values of many homes and businesses.” HomeJobsValuesGrowthInterestEconomicEventsLowsCrisisRateDestroyedDeclineEconomic GrowthRecessionsInterest RateMany Homes Author:Ben Bernanke
“The claim made by Team Obama that every dollar in stimulus translates into a dollar-and-a-half in growth is economic fiction. The costs of stimulus reduce future growth. No country has ever spent itself to prosperity. The price of stimulus has to be paid sometime.” MadeCountryGrowthHalfFictionTeamEconomicCostClaimsPaidDollarsProsperityTranslateStimulusFuture Growth Author:Karl Rove
“Are we interested in treating the symptoms of poverty and economic stagnation through income redistribution and class warfare, or do we want to go at the root causes of poverty and economic stagnation by promoting pro-growth policies that promote prosperity?” WantCausesGrowthClassPovertyEconomicPolicyRootsProsperityIncomeWarfareSymptomsPromotingStagnationClass WarfareRoot CauseCauses Of PovertyIncome Redistribution Author:Paul Ryan
“Here's the problem if you keep raising tax rates: You slow down economic growth.” IfsProblemGrowthEconomicTaxesRateSlow DownEconomic GrowthRaising Taxes Author:Paul Ryan
“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