“Most Tea Party activists consider Obama a big-spending liberal. Some even question his eligibility to be president.” BigsPresidentPartySpendingTeaActivistTea PartyEligibility Author:Ron Fournier
“Campaign finance and ethics reform only works if it curtails all special interest groups equally and does not carve out any exceptions to benefit one party or another. 'Pay to play' reform was passed to limit the influence of big spending contractors over the public officials from whom they are trying to obtain work.” IfsTryingDoePlayBigsInterestPartyPayGroupsInfluenceSpecialLimitsBenefitsEthicsSpendingCampaignsFinanceReformOfficialsExceptionSpecial InterestsContractorInterest GroupsPublic OfficialsCampaign FinanceSpecial Interest Groups Author:Thomas Kean, Jr.
“The zeitgeist is for cutting spending and balancing the budget. But I do not want the Republican Party to be perceived as putting the budget ahead of people, jobs and education.” PeopleWantJobsPartyCuttingRepublicanSpendingBudgetsRepublican PartyZeitgeistJobs And Education Author:Jack Kemp
“Most economic fallacies derive from the tendency to assume that there is a fixed pie, that one party can gain only at the expense of another.” PartyLibertyEconomicTaxesGainsAssumingDebtSpendingLibertarianTendenciesFixedExpensesLibertarianismPieFree MarketProperty RightsFallacyWealth Of Nations Book:Free to Choose: A Personal Statement Source: Free to Choose: A Personal Statement
“When a democracy reaches a point where the politicians cannot say no to the people, and both parties are competing for votes by promising even more spending or even lower taxes, or both, the experiment is about over.” PeoplePartyDemocracyPoliticianTaxesVoteSpendingExperimentsCompeting Author:Pat Buchanan
“There are the fundamental core values of the Democratic Party, which is to work to grow the economy, to create jobs, to encourage small business, to encourage ownership, to expand access to quality health care, to enhance opportunity by making higher education more affordable to American's young people, to have our children live in safe neighborhoods, drug-free, crime-free, and a safe and clean environment, first and foremost to provide for the national defense, to protect and defend the American people, and to have accountability for our budget and for our spending.” PeopleFirstsChildrenCareJobsYoungValuesOpportunityGrowsPartyQualityEconomyEnvironmentCrimeHigherDrugProtectSafeOur ChildrenFundamentalsCleanDemocraticSpendingDefenseAccessCoreHealth CareBudgetsNeighborhoodAccountabilityOwnershipSmall BusinessDemocratic PartyAffordableHigher EducationCore ValuesNational DefenseQuality Health CareDrug Free Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Government spending either is completely wasteful, merely transfers income, purchases an intermediate rather than a final good, or purchases valuable final services whose value cannot be ascertained because the transaction is not made by private parties exchanging their own resources in a market setting.” MadeGovernmentValuesPartyResourcesFinalsValuableSpendingIncomeSettingSettingsTransfersTransactionsGovernment SpendingExchangingPrivate Parts Author:Robert Higgs
“Politics is a damn expensive business. I had one hell of a time trying to raise money as a candidate. I had to put a second mortgage on our house to get that campaign started, and I ended up spending over $300,000 to get elected. I believe that public financing of federal election campaigns is the only thing that will insure good candidates and save the two-party system. It is the most degrading thing in the world to go out with your hat in your hand and beg for money, but that's what you have to do if you haven't got your own resources.” IfsWorldTryingBelieveTwoHandsHouseI BelievePartyHellHavensResourcesRaisesElectionSpendingCampaignsDamnCandidatesExpensiveHatsMortgageDegradingFinancingTwo Party System Author:Joe Biden
“I don't think that what I'm doing [political cartooning] is necessarily left versus right. What I'm addressing is top versus bottom. If I'm not spending a lot of time making fun of the more extreme elements of the Green Party, it's because what I do is to critique power.” IfsThinkingPoliticalLeftFunPartyElementsGreenBottomExtremesSpendingVersusCritiqueGreen Party Author:Tom Tomorrow
“Anytime I am spending time with my son. We went to a theme party recently and it was Toy Story. He was Buzz Lightyear, I was Woody and his mom dressed like Woody's wife.” StoriesPartyWifeSonMomSpendingThemeMy SonToysWoodyBuzzSpending Time Author:Daniel Jacobs
“The United States is in the midst of many spirited political debates about national priorities and public spending... However, we have found that science is an area where both political parties can find common ground, and in which political change does not necessarily create discontinuities.” DoeStatesPoliticalFoundUnitedPartyCommonUnited StatesAreasSpendingDebatePrioritiesMidstPolitical PartiesSpiritedCommon GroundPolitical ChangePolitical DebatesDiscontinuity Author:John Gibbons