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
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 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 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
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
“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
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
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
Government spending cannot create additional jobs. If the government provides the funds required (think stimulus) by taxing the citizens or by borrowing… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
It is my view that what is important is cutting government spending, however spending is financed. A so-called deficit is a disguised… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
..either immediately or ultimately every dollar of government spending must be raised through a dollar of taxation. Once we look at the… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
The question is: How do we reduce spending from 25% of GDP, which is where Obama put us? The focus is on… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
If the U.S. Government was a company, the deficit would be $5 trillion because they would have to account by general accepted… — Marc Faber Copy Share Image
What does it mean when Republicans and Democrats alike warn us about the 'pain' involved in cutting government spending - in their… — Theodore J. Forstmann Copy Share Image
Many conservatives were openly angry with the Bush administration over enormous government spending and the chaos in Iraq. I don't see as… — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image
We used to think that you could spend your way out of a recession and increase employment by cutting taxes and boosting… — James Callaghan 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on… — James Madison 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
