It is denied that any limit can be set to governmental activity. — Charles Edward Merriam Copy Share Image
Aggressive government spending during the Great Recession was absolutely necessary. — Eric Garcetti Copy Share Image
Social Security is not just another government spending program. It is a promise from generation to generation. — Hank Johnson Copy Share Image
Silicon Valley wouldn't exist without massive government spending and in fact initiative. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
First rule in government spending: why build one when you can have two at twice the price? — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“Behind the facade of elected government are a bunch of corporate controlled gangsters running the country.” — Steven Magee 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
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
I do not intend to dispute in any way the need for defence cuts and the need for government spending cuts in… — Stephen Harper 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
I am in favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible. ... because… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The goal is to reduce the size and scope of government spending, not to focus on the deficit. The deficit is the… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
“I sincerely hope that President Barack Obama’s government will be remembered as the peak of deregulated corporate corruption and not the ongoing… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Americans for Tax Reform is a national taxpayer organization dedicated to opposing any and all tax increases. We work at the national,… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
Government is taking 40 percent of the GDP. And that's at the state, local and federal level. President Obama has taken government… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
If increased government spending with borrowed or newly created money is a 'stimulus,' then the Weimar Republic should have been stimulated to… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Do you know that all of the money that we are spending, that the government is spending, must come from you? The… — J. Reuben Clark Copy Share Image
After the $700 billion bailout, the trillion-dollar stimulus, and the massive budget bill with over 9,000 earmarks, many of you implored Washington… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
Take Hispanic voters. They favor Democrats because they like the party's programs, from health care reform to government spending on education. It's… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
Some doomsayers think the collapse will be triggered by runaway government spending, excessive taxation, oppressive regulation, food shortages, fuel shortages or natural… — Robert Higgs Copy Share Image
Most people who are poor have their money in a bank account that earns negligible interest. With the rapid inflation that we… — Francis X. Suarez Copy Share Image
The story of Detroit's bankruptcy was simple enough: Allow capitalism to grow the city, campaign against income inequality, tax the job creators… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
You have to have a government to provide you with legal order, with stability, enforcement of property rights, enforcement of contracts, definition… — James M. Buchanan 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
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
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
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
Government spending? I don't know what it's all about. I don't know any more about this thing than an economist does, and,… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
I think the government lost control over fiscal policy in UPA-2. But it is possible to suggest that the momentum of the… — Sanjaya Baru Copy Share Image
Deficits are anathema to most Republicans. And Democrats widely believe that government spending should fall as the economy recovers. — Annie Lowrey Copy Share Image
“Except for spending to protect property rights, enforce the law, and protect citizens from foreign aggressors, all government spending crowds out private… — Thomas J. DiLorenzo Copy Share Image
“That which we want less of in society should rarely be privatized and that which we want more of often should be.” — William MacGregor Robson Copy Share Image
Right now, the government is spending billions of dollars supporting the problem-makers in the U.S. economy - the polluters, despoilers, incarcerators, and… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
I am delighted to see the government spending more money to improve Indigenous life, and I would be happy to see even… — Neil Macdonald 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
Government spending reduces the capital that could be invested to serve consumers and to produce new employment opportunities. — Sheldon Richman 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
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
