Social Security is not just another government spending program. It is a promise from generation to generation. — Hank Johnson Copy Share Image
Aggressive government spending during the Great Recession was absolutely necessary. — Eric Garcetti Copy Share Image
Any move to reduce government spending is a positive for the economy. — Stephen Moore Copy Share Image
The Democrats want government to do the spending. Senator McCain wants families to do the spending. — Phil Gramm Copy Share Image
Voters want conflicting things. They want a lot of government spending, but they don't want higher taxes. — Bruce Rauner Copy Share Image
It is denied that any limit can be set to governmental activity. — Charles Edward Merriam Copy Share Image
The average Tea Partier is sincerely against government spending - with the exception of the money spent on them. — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
The idea that more taxes and more government spending is the best way to help hardworking middle class taxpayers - that's an… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Bidenomics was the belief that a government spending bonanza could juice the economy after the turmoil caused by a pandemic, lockdowns and… — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
Maryland needs someone in Congress who will fight to create jobs, stop out-of-control government spending and defend small businesses. — Andrew P. Harris Copy Share Image
It is a popular delusion that the government wastes vast amounts of money through inefficiency and sloth. Enormous effort and elaborate planning… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For more than forty years, the United States Congress has shamelessly used payroll taxes intended for Social Security to fund big government… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
We should reduce total government spending as a percentage of the economy. The left wants to focus on the deficit so they… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
Sequestration was not designed to be anyone's ideal method for getting our hands around government spending, and it certainly isn't mine. — Johnny Isakson Copy Share Image
Credit expansion is the governments' foremost tool in their struggle against the market economy. In their hands it is the magic wand… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Who knew, in 2000, that compassionate conservatism meant bigger government, unrestricted government spending, government intrusion in personal matters, government ineptitude, and cronyism… — Christopher Buckley Copy Share Image
Obama has paid and will continue to pay dearly for betting on his stimulus package. Because of it, the Bush recession is… — Dick Morris Copy Share Image
To win elections, politicians have promised practically endless government spending and covered up the cost, leaving generations of taxpayers obligated to pay… — David Malpass Copy Share Image
The stimulus legislation, technically known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, was a mixture of tax cuts for families… — Christina Romer Copy Share Image
I regret, as much as any member, the unavoidable weight and duration of the burdens to be imposed; having never been a… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“the government-slashing agenda of the Koch network was a problem for these voters. Fink acknowledged, “We want to decrease regulations. Why? It’s… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
If you have a private firm and you spend a ton of money to pay employees, but what you produce is a… — Robert Higgs Copy Share Image
“All of these agencies were enormously active during the so-called laissez-faire era. As the former CEO of BB&T Bank John Allison notes,… — Don Watkins Copy Share Image
If you look at the studies coming out of the Congressional Budget Office, the number one thing that's going to blow a… — Christina Romer Copy Share Image
Government spending reduces the capital that could be invested to serve consumers and to produce new employment opportunities. — Sheldon Richman Copy Share Image
Government spending clearly needs some adjusting. But a budget is a statement of our priorities, and balancing our spending on the backs… — Paul Tonko Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton: putting big government spending financed by the Chinese ahead of good-paying jobs for middle-class Americans. Is she guilty or not… — Chris Christie Copy Share Image
Republicans know that government spending creates jobs. They just want that spending to be funneled to their projects and districts... and they… — Jennifer Granholm Copy Share Image
Many programs are built on the government's spending power, and the existence of an extraconstitutional limit on that power is a worrisome… — Neal Katyal Copy Share Image
The difference between them and us is that we want to check government spending and they want to spend government checks. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
You're having government spending on the economy being cut almost everywhere. That means that the only source of spending for growth has… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
State capitalism is about more than emergency government spending, implementation of more intelligent regulation, or a stronger social safety net. It's about… — Ian Bremmer Copy Share Image
Instead of cutting waste, the Obama Administration is hurting workers. President Obama should stop protecting wasteful government spending. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Cutting government spending and government intrusion in the economy will almost surely involve immediate gain for the many, short-term pain for the… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Legislators invent too many devices for subdividing property, only taking care to let their subdivisions go hand in hand with the natural… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The truth is, the greatest tool to lift children and families from poverty is one that decreases the probability of child poverty… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
The same undisciplined government spending and social engineering that has undermined our economy over the past 30 years has also been tearing… — Stockwell Day Copy Share Image
If you're a progressive, you've got to be worried about how the federal government is spending its revenue, because we don't have… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
To win in November, Republican candidates must show they are in touch with voter concerns about growth, jobs, paychecks, government spending and… — Karl Rove Copy Share Image
The inflation comes through either increasing the money supply or increasing the government spending, and that's what happened under Biden. — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
