“When you tax capital gains income, you don't help the economy, you hurt the economy, which is why President Kennedy, President Reagan, President Clinton and President Bush all believed we should have a lower rate for capital gains.” ShouldHelpingPresidentHurtEconomyTaxesGainsShould HaveClintonRateIncomePresident BushPresident ClintonPresident ReaganPresident KennedyCapital Gains Author:Rob Portman
“And when we used to play and fight in the streets in Brooklyn and I would get hurt or something, my mother would always come out and save me. So that sort of postponed the inevitable about getting a good beating, without having somebody to come and save you.” PlayUsedMotherFightingHurtEconomyStreetsInevitableBrooklynSave Me Author:Sanford I. Weill
“When I became prime minister last September, I promised the Japanese people that I would not tolerate the politics of indecision. A propensity to delay difficult and weighty decisions has been hurting our country. It is detrimental to our economy, society and future, and it cannot be allowed to continue.” PeopleHas BeensCountryLastsDifficultHurtDecisionEconomyOur CountryMinistersPrimeTolerateSeptemberDelayPrime MinisterIndecisionPropensityDetrimentalBeen Hurt Author:Yoshihiko Noda
“What we should be doing [in US] is accelerating every year our efforts to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, have a cleaner energy future, have much more energy conservation. And this won't hurt anybody. This will create a new economy for America, if we've got the discipline to do it.” IfsShouldYearsAmericaEnergyHurtEffortEconomyDisciplineGasConservationEmissionsCleanersGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesEnergy Conservation Author:William J. Clinton
“Mr. Greenspan did a very good job in the early 1990's. But recently he's fallen prey to this crazy theory that prosperity causes inflation. So they're trying to slow the economy down by raising interest rates. It's like a doctor saying you're in great health, so we have to make you sick a little bit. It's a bizarre theory. It's going to hurt our economy.” TryingLittlesJobsCausesBitsInterestHurtEconomyCrazyTheoryLittle BitEconomicsDoctorsSickRateVery GoodProsperityFinanceFallenBizarreGood JobInflationPreyInterest Rate Author:Steve Forbes
“College students today are drowning in debt, and it is hurting them and hurting our economy. We must find a way to help families pay for college without condemning them to a lifetime of indebtedness.” WayHelpingTodayHurtPayEducationEconomyStudentsCollegeLifetimeDebtDrowningCondemningCollege StudentsIndebtednessCollege TuitionStudents Today Author:Elizabeth Warren
“We've got to be prepared to stop these guys if they ever try to use their economic power once again, to hurt the economy, and to hurt so many Americans. And my plan, Paul Krugman, Barney Frank, a lot of experts who understand what the new challenges might be, have said I am exactly on point, and the Wall Street guys actually know that.” IfsKnowsTryingSaidUseMightGuyChallengesHurtEconomyPlansEconomicStreetsWallPreparedExpertsFrankBe PreparedNew ChallengesEconomic Power Author:Hillary Clinton
“I want to get everybody out of the shadows, get the economy working, and not let employers like Donald Trump exploit undocumented workers, which hurts them, but also hurts American workers.” WantHurtEconomyTrumpShadowWorkersEmployersExploitsAmerican WorkersUndocumented Workers Author:Hillary Clinton
“I completely agree with the concept that American citizens shouldn't expect that a failure of a bank would cost them money, or that it would hurt the economy.” HurtEconomyCitizensCostConceptsAgreeAmerican Citizens Author:Jamie Dimon
“I've never been able to get it straight about what these people who are worried about the trade deficit are worried about. When they say that we're buying too much from overseas, that we're sending too many dollars overseas to get all these goods and services they got, they're saying that the American dollar is too strong and that is hurting our economy. And the result of this will be that the American dollar will get too weak, and that will hurt our economy.” PeopleAbleStrongHurtResultsEconomyToo MuchWeakTradeDollarsWorriedBuyingGoodsDeficitGoods And Services Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“The economic sanctions are absolutely going to hurt Russia's economy. They're hurting some of his key inner sanctum. But they are not affecting his political standing. And it's hard to see how they would do so at least, in the short term.” PoliticalTermHurtEconomyEconomicShort Term Author:Clarissa Ward
“I always think of the economy as going down a pretty broad road that has mud on either side - for inflation and deflation. What hurts the market is when we unexpectedly swerve into one of those mud banks.” ThinkingHurtEconomyInflation Author:John Manley
“Speaking as somebody who voted against TPA and has a lot of suspicions about Trans Pacific Partnership that are reflected in our concerns about what's hurting the American economy and what the opportunity is to grow, I have to say I like a person like Hillary Clinton who is willing to analyze the facts. I have met no one smarter than her in politics.” OpportunityHurtEconomyConcernClintonPartnershipSuspicion Author:Cory Booker