Right now we're concerned about budget. Right now we're concerned about the prospect of interest rate rise. We're concerned about government corruption,… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
Coolidge believed that government officials who tell themselves that spending benefits the economy delude themselves and the citizens. Government budgets promote human… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
Today we care about budgets more than anything. Our American future hangs on the ability of government to cut budget. — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
Coolidge cut the budget, and even better, cut it during peace and prosperity. He left a federal budget lower than the one… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
In a way, Calvin Coolidge is better than Reagan. His tax rates were lower, and he cut budgets. — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
Coolidge thought budgets were virtuous. He had his econ straight. He didn't just cut taxes, he also cut the budget. — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
Right now we're concerned about budget. Right now we're concerned about the prospect of interest rate rise. We're concerned about government corruption, government handing… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share
The donning of the ear buds marks the beginning of teen life, when children set off on their own for the passage through adolescence. — Amity Shlaes Copy Share
Seems like Americans just want it to be Halloween all year. The holiday just keeps getting more popular. — Amity Shlaes Copy Share
Europe unified its monetary policy through the euro before it unified politically, therefore sustaining member countries' abilities to pursue the kind of independent fiscal… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share
Democrats who see virtue in the estate tax are doing the equivalent of aborting future enterprises. They deprive businesses of oxygen with their support… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share
Policy people suffer their own kind of agony, and no wonder. After all, what is the average life of the policy person? You go… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share
With demands for special education or standardized test prep being shouted in their ears, public schools can't always hear a parent when he says:… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share
“Isn’t it a strange thing,” he asked Barton, “that in every period of social unrest men have the notion that they can pass a… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share
To investors, job creation is a second-order effect. Market participants care first about interest rates, exchange rates, bond prices and the one great factor… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share
In my view, if you have one in 10 unemployed - something is wrong with the economy whether you call it recession or not. — Amity Shlaes Copy Share
The difference between recession and depression is simple. Recession, goes the saying, is when you lose your job; depression is when I lose mine. — Amity Shlaes Copy Share
When you see government leaders really bullying business, you know that government's economic policy is failing. They get angry and they get desperate. — Amity Shlaes Copy Share
Today many politicians suggest that where the federal government does not act, there must be anarchy. That view is odd, blinkering out the work… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share
