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title: "9 Spend Trillion Quotes by 9 authors"
description: "Browse 9 Spend Trillion quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Spend Trillion sayings and thoughts."
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> [ We spend $3 trillion a year \[on healthcare\] and we're only getting sicker. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-stein/we-spend-3-trillion-a-year-on-healthcare-and-we-re-only-getting-sicker/)

[Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-stein/)

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> [If we can spend over $3 trillion on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, surely we can find the money to meet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-schakowsky/if-we-can-spend-over-3-trillion-on-the-wars-in-afghanistan-and-iraq/)

[Jan Schakowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-schakowsky/)

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> [We need to spend a trillion dollars rebuilding our schools, our roads, our basic science and research here in the United States.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/we-need-to-spend-a-trillion-dollars-rebuilding-our-schools-our-roads/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [“We spend a trillion dollars a year on food, but it’s only 9.4 percent of our expendable income, the lowest percentage of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-bittman/we-spend-a-trillion-dollars-a-year-on-food-but-it-s-only-9-4-percent/)

[Mark Bittman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-bittman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b2/mark-bittman-19157_food_we-spend-a-trillion-dollars-a-year-on-fo_3212526.png)

> [I look forward to working with the White House in areas like infrastructure, where President Trump says he wants to spend a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-garcetti/i-look-forward-to-working-with-the-white-house-in-areas-like/)

[Eric Garcetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-garcetti/)

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> [...we're going to be in an economic slowdown for a couple of years. So to take three months, four months, six months…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/we-re-going-to-be-in-an-economic-slowdown-for-a-couple-of-years-so-to/)

[Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb1/van-jones-984_chance_we-re-going-to-be-in-an-economic-slowdow_1741138.png)

> [Millions are unemployed and our roads are falling apart. If we can spend $6 trillion sending people to war, we can spend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/millions-are-unemployed-and-our-roads-are-falling-apart-if-we-can/)

[Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/)

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> [Instead of building the peace by attacking injustices like starvation, disease, illiteracy, political and economic servitude, we spend a trillion dollars on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-berrigan/instead-of-building-the-peace-by-attacking-injustices-like-starvation/)

[Daniel Berrigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-berrigan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/360/daniel-berrigan-14445_attacking_instead-of-building-the-peace-by-attacki_2033749.jpg)

> [Hold on to your wallets folks because with the passage of this trillion-dollar baby, the Democrats will be poised to spend as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-bond/hold-on-to-your-wallets-folks-because-with-the-passage-of-this/)

[Christopher Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-bond/)

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