Best politician & spending Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“Politicians are addicted to spending and revenue extraction. As with an addict, there's little pause for moral or legal contemplation.”

Littles Moral Politician Spending Contemplation Pauses Addict Revenue Extraction

Author:David Malpass

“Where is the politician who has not promised to fight to the death for lower taxes- and who has not proceeded to vote for the very spending projects that make tax cuts impossible?”

Government Fighting Cutting Impossible Politician Taxes Projects Vote Spending Tax Cuts

Book:The Conscience of a Conservative

Source: The Conscience of a Conservative

“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.”

People Party Democracy Politician Taxes Vote Spending Experiments Competing

Author:Pat Buchanan

“Spending is not caring. Spending is what politicians do instead of caring. Spending more does not guarantee success. Politicians like to measure spending because it is easier than measuring actual metrics of accomplishment.”

Doe Politician Easier Caring Spending Accomplishment Guarantees Measuring Not Caring Metrics

Author:Grover Norquist

“We don't need more politicians insisting we have deficits because you're not taxed enough. Those deficits ballooned from an economy that didn't grow enough and from 50 years of government spending too much.”

Needs Years Enough Government Grows Economy Too Much Politician Spending Deficit American Politics Insisting Government Spending

Book:Ronald Reagan

Source: Ronald Reagan

“No politician is ever benefited by saving money; it is spending it that makes him.”

Politician Spending Saving Saving Money

Book:Minority Report

Source: Minority Report

“Sadly, far too many politicians in Washington lack the courage to do something to fix our problems. They are worried about the political implications of making the hard choices we so desperately need to cut spending and shrink government.”

Needs Hard Problem Government Political Choices Cutting Politician Spending Worried Shrinks Implications

Author:Matt Salmon

“Career politicians do not have the courage to prioritize spending and say no to demanding special interest groups who do not reflect the best interests of the country.”

Country Political Politics Term Interest Careers Groups Special Politician Spending Special Interests Prioritize Interest Groups Term Limits Special Interest Groups Career Politicians

Author:Tom Coburn

“To win elections, politicians have promised practically endless government spending and covered up the cost, leaving generations of taxpayers obligated to pay off the debt. That's wrong, but neither the U.S. nor Europe has a plan to stop it.”

Government Winning Pay Plans Generations Politician Cost Europe Election Leaving Debt Spending Endless Covered Taxpayers Government Spending Covered Up

Author:David Malpass

“A federal bailout would spare California from having to make spending cuts needed to bring its budget into balance. The matter has become urgent since California voters rejected several tax-hiking ballot initiatives. Rather than taking the vote as a signal to dramatically curtail spending, the state turned to the feds. If they get a free pass, the politicians can avoid fixing any of their past mistakes or preparing California for the future.”

“Do we really want the people who created $40 trillion of unfunded liabilities in Social Security and Medicare in charge of our health care? Faceless bureaucrats, power-lusting politicians, and people spending other people's money are a recipe for disaster.”

People Want Care Social Security Politician Spending Disaster Lust Health Care Recipes Social Security Medicare Bureaucrats Liability Faceless Spending Other People's Money

Author:Ed Crane

“Conflict is part of being a foreign correspondent; spending long hours talking to politicians in capitals is another part of it.”

Long Hours Talking Politician Conflict Spending Long Hours

Author:Stephen Farrell

“As a result of the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, American democracy is being undermined by the ability of the Koch brothers and other billionaire families. These wealthy contributors can literally buy politicians and elections by spending hundreds of millions of dollars in support of the candidates of their choice. We need to overturn Citizens United and move toward public funding of elections so that all candidates can run for office without being beholden to the wealthy and powerful.”

“Too many politicians seem to reach for 'infrastructure' as the default answer to investment, as if roads and bridges were the answer to everything. Even the IMF and the World Bank seem to mainly offer infrastructure spending as an alternative to austerity, although they are right to focus on the need for investment.”

Ifs World Needs Seems Answers Focus Politician Offers Investment Spending Alternatives Bridges Infrastructure Default Austerity Imf World Bank

Author:Mariana Mazzucato

“If politicians get money to spend and don't have to be responsible for taxation, then of course that will bias their attitude toward more spending as opposed to cutting back on spending.”

Ifs Courses Attitude Cutting Politician Responsible Spending Bias Taxation Being Responsible Get Money

Author:James M. Buchanan

“If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner.”

Ifs Political Found Politics Politician Promise Taxes Dinner Debt Spending Missionary Constituents Cannibal

Author:H. L. Mencken

“Deficits mean future tax increases, pure and simple. Deficit spending should be viewed as a tax on future generations, and politicians who create deficits should be exposed as tax hikers.”

Should Mean Simple Generations Politician Pure Taxes Increase Spending Exposed Deficit Future Generation Hiker Tax Increases Deficit Spending

Author:Ron Paul

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