“California has always led the way on environmental protection and always reaped the benefits, pioneering everything from catalytic convertors on cars to stationary source reduction.” WayCarSourceBenefitsEnvironmentalProtectionCaliforniaReductionEnvironmental ProtectionStationaryPioneering Author:Ed Begley, Jr.
“If even a small fraction of the money we now spend on trying to enforce drug prohibition were devoted to treatment and drug rehabilitation, in an atmosphere of compassion not punishment, the reduction in drug usage and in the harm done to users could be dramatic.” IfsTryingDoneCompassionDrugHarmPunishmentAtmosphereDramaticTreatmentUsersDevotedReductionFractionsProhibitionUsageRehabilitationDrug Prohibition Author:Milton Friedman
“I think we ought to ban earmarks. I think we ought to give citizens the opportunity to designate up to 10 percent of their federal income tax toward debt reduction. If we did that, we would reduce our debt by $95 billion a year.” IfsThinkingGivingYearsOpportunityOughtCitizensTaxesPercentDebtBillionsIncomeCornyBansReductionIncome TaxEarmarks Author:Carly Fiorina
“Programs that pay farmers not to farm often devastate rural areas. The reductions hurt everyone from fertilizer companies to tractor salesmen.” HurtPayCompanyAreasProgramFarmsFarmersReductionSalesmanFertilizerTractorsRural Areas Author:Dick Armey
“Since the reduction of risk factors is the scientific basis for primary prevention, the World Health Organization promotes the development of an integrated strategy for prevention of several diseases, rather than focusing on individual ones.” WorldIndividualRiskDevelopmentDiseaseOrganizationBasesStrategyFactorsPrimariesReductionIntegratedPreventionWorld HealthWorld Health Organization Author:Gro Harlem Brundtland
“Republicans are not going to play I-told-you-so, but it is pretty obvious that the tax reductions passed in 2003 helped Americans dig out of a recession and get back to work.” PlayRepublicanTaxesObviousGet BackReductionRecessionsBack To WorkTold You So Author:Marsha Blackburn
“Reconciliation cannot be used to pass comprehensive health care reform. It won't work because it was never designed for that kind of significant legislation; it was designed for deficit reduction.” KindCareUsedSignificantReformHealth CareLegislationDeficitReconciliationComprehensiveReductionHealth Care Reform Author:Kent Conrad
“Stress reduction, greater physical health, a deeper sense of spirit, more creativity, a sense of play, even a safer life-these are the rewards that await a family then it invites more nature into children's lives.” ChildrenPlaySpiritNatureCreativityGreaterStressRewardsDeeperInvitesReductionPhysical HealthStress Reduction Book:Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder Source: Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
“Deficit reduction is not an end in itself. It is the means to an end. Canadians must now decide what kind of country they want to build with the hard-won dividend.” WantKindMeanEndsCountryHardDeficitReductionDividendsMeans To An End Author:Jean Chretien
“Although economists have studied the sensitivity of import and export volumes to changes in the exchange rate, there is still much uncertainty about just how much the dollar must change to bring about any given reduction in our trade deficit.” StillsGivenTradeDollarsRateUncertaintyVolumeSensitivityEconomistDeficitReductionImports Author:Martin Feldstein
“In Israel, there is this reduction of the political discourse to something that is very limited. It's as if you have that pitch that only dogs can hear. Sometimes I feel I speak at such a pitch that very few people around me communicate with what I'm saying.” PeopleIfsFeelsSometimesPoliticalSpeakDogCommunicateIsraelDiscourseReductionPolitical Discourse Author:Etgar Keret