“I do not intend to dispute in any way the need for defence cuts and the need for government spending cuts in general. I do not share a not in my backyard approach to government spending reductions.” WayNeedsGovernmentCuttingShareApproachSpendingDisputesDefenceReductionBackyardsGovernment SpendingSpending Cuts Author:Stephen Harper
“The sequestration is a bad idea, all around. It is something that is out of the question. If you have spending cuts, education of our children, other investments, on the National Institutes of Health, where you are hindering growth, you're no going to reduce the deficit.” IfsChildrenIdeasGrowthCuttingOur ChildrenInvestmentSpendingWhere You AreDeficitInstituteBad IdeasInstitutesSpending Cuts Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Under current law, on January 1, 2013, there's going to be a massive fiscal cliff of large spending cuts and tax increases.” ImportantLawCuttingTaxesPercentIncreaseCurrentsSpendingMassiveCliffsJanuaryTax IncreasesGangnam StyleSpending CutsJanuary 1stFiscal Cliff Author:Ben Bernanke
“Historically, defense spending cuts have preceded increased international turmoil as America's global enemies sense a failure of will.” AmericaEnemyCuttingInternationalSpendingDefenseTurmoilSpending CutsDefense Spending Author:Ben Shapiro
“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.” IfsMatterStatesPastMistakeCuttingNeededBalancePoliticianTaxesVoteSpendingBudgetsCaliforniaFedsVotersHikingInitiativeRejectedSparesPreparingSignalsUrgentFixingBallotsPast MistakesBailoutsSpending Cuts Author:Peter Schiff
“We have to have structural entitlement reform, major spending cuts and not tax increase-retardants on economic growth to reverse our current course toward national bankruptcy, but Obama steadfastly remains on the wrong side of all these solutions.” CoursesSidesGrowthCuttingEconomicTaxesMajorsSolutionsIncreaseRemainsCurrentsSpendingReformReverseEconomic GrowthEntitlementBankruptcyTax IncreasesSpending Cuts Author:David Limbaugh
“When Obama's economic advisers - a greater group of schlemiels would be hard to find - warn that failure to raise the limit will trigger default and horrific consequences for the global economy, Republicans should reply that if this is so, tell it to your president and get him to approve the spending cuts along with the debt-limit increase.” IfsShouldHardWould BePresidentEconomyGreaterCuttingGroupsEconomicRepublicanLimitsConsequenceIncreaseRaisesDebtSpendingTriggersDefaultGlobal EconomyHorrificAdviserSpending Cuts Author:Dick Morris
“The growing inequality of wealth and income distribution is both a moral and economic problem. If the wealthy are unwilling to pay more taxes, then this is going to lead to spending cuts. And if you put off the table things like national defense, then you're going to end up cutting more and more out of programs that aid the poor. So, I think there are consequences to this idea that tolerance for inequality requires us to - to just do nothing to make the wealthy contribute a higher share of resources to fund the government.” IfsThinkingIdeasEndsProblemGovernmentWealthPoorPayMoralCuttingGrowingShareEconomicHigherTaxesConsequenceResourcesProgramTablesSpendingDefenseAidsToleranceIncomeInequalityFundWealthyDistributionUnwillingNational DefenseEconomic ProblemsSpending CutsIncome Distribution Author:Bruce Bartlett
“[T]here's a good reason to stay pessimistic about deficits as far as the eye can see. It's called the 'news' media. Legislators who want to get re-elected will clearly want to avoid any spending decision that will create bad national publicity, and our news media, the manufacturers of bad national publicity, will send crying victims down the assembly line at the slightest thought of a social spending cut or freeze. Exhibit A is Sen. Jim Bunning.” WantReasonEyeSocialLinesDecisionCuttingMediaCryNewsVictimSpendingDeficitPublicityAssemblyExhibitsFreezePessimisticLegislatorsNews MediaAssembly LineSpending CutsReason To Stay Author:L. Brent Bozell, Jr.
“Put on top of that the fact that the whole world is looking at Britain and saying how is this country going to pay its way in the future. They are looking at other countries like Greece who can't pay their way in the future and you see savage spending cuts, big cuts in pay.” WorldWayCountryWholeFactsBigsPayCuttingSpendingWhole WorldBritainOther CountriesSavagesGreeceSpending Cuts Author:George Osborne
“Look, I am not worried about Washington cutting too much spending too fast. I mean, the kinds of spending cuts we're talking about just right now are $100 billion out of a $3.7 trillion budget.” LooksKindMeanTalkingToo MuchCuttingRight NowSpendingBillionsWorriedBudgetsSpending Cuts Author:Paul Ryan
“Well, you have the public not wanting any new spending, you have the Republicans not wanting any new taxes, you have the Democrats not wanting any new spending cuts, you have the markets not wanting any new borrowing, and you have the economists wanting all of the above. And that leads to paralysis.” WellsCuttingRepublicanTaxesDemocratSpendingEconomistBorrowingParalysisSpending Cuts Author:Michael Bloomberg
“If you could bring to me a majority of people to say that we're going to have $10 of spending cuts for $1 of revenue enhancement - put me in, Coach.” PeopleIfsCuttingMajoritySpendingCoachesRevenueEnhancementSpending Cuts Author:Jeb Bush
“We must take away the government's credit card. With limits on both tax revenue and borrowing, the Federal government would finally be forced to get serious about spending cuts” GovernmentCuttingSeriousLimitsTaxesCreditSpendingCardsFederal GovernmentRevenueCredit CardBorrowingSpending Cuts Author:Alan Keyes
“You can only win the 'war' with ideas, not with spending cuts” IdeasWarWinningCuttingSpendingSpending Cuts Author:Klaus Kleinfeld
“If the US Government was a family—they would be making $58,000 a year, spending $75,000 a year, & are $327,000 in credit card debt. They are currently proposing BIG spending cuts to reduce their spending to $72,000 a year. These are the actual proportions of the federal budget & debt, reduced to a level that we can understand.” IfsYearsStatesBigsGovernmentWould BeAmericaUnderstandingLevelsMoneyCuttingEconomicsCreditDebtSpendingCardsBudgetsUsaProportionHostReducingCredit CardCredit Card DebtEconomic ReformsSpending Cuts Author:Dave Ramsey
“Only in Washington does a decrease in the proposed increase equal a spending cut.” DoeCuttingEqualIncreaseSpendingDecreaseSpending Cuts Author:Larry Elder
“I will veto any effort to get rid of those automatic spending cuts to domestic and defense spending. There will be no easy off ramps on this one.” EasyEffortCuttingSpendingDefenseVetoRampSpending CutsDefense Spending Author:Barack Obama