---
title: "7 State Budget Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 State Budget quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best State Budget sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/562/jim-doyle-36781_about_i-am-not-about-to-let-the-people-who-so_106792.jpg"
---

> [I am not about to let the people who so mismanaged the state budget now try to manage local government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-doyle/i-am-not-about-to-let-the-people-who-so-mismanaged-the-state-budget/)

[Jim Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-doyle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/562/jim-doyle-36781_about_i-am-not-about-to-let-the-people-who-so_106792.jpg)

> [Arizona faces many challenges ahead. None is more important or more pressing than passing a new state budget.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-d-hull/arizona-faces-many-challenges-ahead-none-is-more-important-or-more/)

[Jane D. Hull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-d-hull/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41a/jane-d-hull-21147_arizona_arizona-faces-many-challenges-ahead-none_140145.png)

> [The largest portion of our state budget is Health and Human Services. It will grow by approximately $500 million. A half a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/the-largest-portion-of-our-state-budget-is-health-and-human-services/)

[Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6a/mitt-romney-268_bigs_the-largest-portion-of-our-state-budget_292737.png)

> [You don't have to look any farther than the state of California to know that having a 'Gordian knot' of conflicting measures…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-kennedy/you-don-t-have-to-look-any-farther-than-the-state-of-california-to/)

[Cary Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cary-kennedy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab7/cary-kennedy-23768_acting_you-don-t-have-to-look-any-farther-than_968402.jpg)

> [We spend almost half of our state budget on education in North Carolina, and our children can't read at a grade level.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-robinson/we-spend-almost-half-of-our-state-budget-on-education-in-north/)

[Mark Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-robinson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d88/mark-robinson-5932_budget_we-spend-almost-half-of-our-state-budget_1009778.jpg)

> [This is reality - an unstable state budget will not only hurt children and working families in our state, it will devastate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bel-edwards/this-is-reality-an-unstable-state-budget-will-not-only-hurt-children/)

[John Bel Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bel-edwards/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80e/john-bel-edwards-6094_budget_this-is-reality-an-unstable-state-budget_1569230.jpg)

> [Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has used his state's budget deficit as an excuse to attack collective-bargaining rights.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neera-tanden/wisconsin-governor-scott-walker-has-used-his-state-s-budget-deficit/)

[Neera Tanden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neera-tanden/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ed/neera-tanden-4361_attack_wisconsin-governor-scott-walker-has-used_1950796.jpg)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/state-budget/#itemlist",
            "name": "State Budget Quotes",
            "numberOfItems": 7,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I am not about to let the people who so mismanaged the state budget now try to manage local government.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Jim Doyle"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-doyle/i-am-not-about-to-let-the-people-who-so-mismanaged-the-state-budget/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/562/jim-doyle-36781_about_i-am-not-about-to-let-the-people-who-so_106792.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/562/jim-doyle-36781_about_i-am-not-about-to-let-the-people-who-so_106792.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/562/jim-doyle-36781_about_i-am-not-about-to-let-the-people-who-so_106792.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I am not about to let the people who so mismanaged the state budget now try to manage local government.” — Jim Doyle",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Arizona faces many challenges ahead. None is more important or more pressing than passing a new state budget.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Jane D. Hull"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-d-hull/arizona-faces-many-challenges-ahead-none-is-more-important-or-more/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41a/jane-d-hull-21147_arizona_arizona-faces-many-challenges-ahead-none_140145.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41a/jane-d-hull-21147_arizona_arizona-faces-many-challenges-ahead-none_140145.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41a/jane-d-hull-21147_arizona_arizona-faces-many-challenges-ahead-none_140145.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Arizona faces many challenges ahead. None is more important or more pressing than passing a new state budget.” — Jane D. Hull",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "The largest portion of our state budget is Health and Human Services. It will grow by approximately $500 million. A half a billion dollars is a very big number.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Mitt Romney"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/the-largest-portion-of-our-state-budget-is-health-and-human-services/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6a/mitt-romney-268_bigs_the-largest-portion-of-our-state-budget_292737.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6a/mitt-romney-268_bigs_the-largest-portion-of-our-state-budget_292737.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6a/mitt-romney-268_bigs_the-largest-portion-of-our-state-budget_292737.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“The largest portion of our state budget is Health and Human Services. It will grow by approximately $500…” — Mitt Romney",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "You don't have to look any farther than the state of California to know that having a 'Gordian knot' of conflicting measures acting upon on your state budget is a recipe for disaster.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Cary Kennedy"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cary-kennedy/you-don-t-have-to-look-any-farther-than-the-state-of-california-to/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab7/cary-kennedy-23768_acting_you-don-t-have-to-look-any-farther-than_968402.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab7/cary-kennedy-23768_acting_you-don-t-have-to-look-any-farther-than_968402.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab7/cary-kennedy-23768_acting_you-don-t-have-to-look-any-farther-than_968402.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“You don't have to look any farther than the state of California to know that having a 'Gordian knot' of…” — Cary Kennedy",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "We spend almost half of our state budget on education in North Carolina, and our children can't read at a grade level.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Mark Robinson"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-robinson/we-spend-almost-half-of-our-state-budget-on-education-in-north/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d88/mark-robinson-5932_budget_we-spend-almost-half-of-our-state-budget_1009778.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d88/mark-robinson-5932_budget_we-spend-almost-half-of-our-state-budget_1009778.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d88/mark-robinson-5932_budget_we-spend-almost-half-of-our-state-budget_1009778.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“We spend almost half of our state budget on education in North Carolina, and our children can't read at a…” — Mark Robinson",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 6,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "This is reality - an unstable state budget will not only hurt children and working families in our state, it will devastate communities, businesses and local government as well.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "John Bel Edwards"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bel-edwards/this-is-reality-an-unstable-state-budget-will-not-only-hurt-children/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80e/john-bel-edwards-6094_budget_this-is-reality-an-unstable-state-budget_1569230.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80e/john-bel-edwards-6094_budget_this-is-reality-an-unstable-state-budget_1569230.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80e/john-bel-edwards-6094_budget_this-is-reality-an-unstable-state-budget_1569230.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“This is reality - an unstable state budget will not only hurt children and working families in our state, it…” — John Bel Edwards",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 7,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has used his state's budget deficit as an excuse to attack collective-bargaining rights.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Neera Tanden"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neera-tanden/wisconsin-governor-scott-walker-has-used-his-state-s-budget-deficit/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ed/neera-tanden-4361_attack_wisconsin-governor-scott-walker-has-used_1950796.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ed/neera-tanden-4361_attack_wisconsin-governor-scott-walker-has-used_1950796.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ed/neera-tanden-4361_attack_wisconsin-governor-scott-walker-has-used_1950796.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has used his state's budget deficit as an excuse to attack…” — Neera Tanden",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/state-budget/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/state-budget/",
            "name": "State Budget Quotes",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/state-budget/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/562/jim-doyle-36781_about_i-am-not-about-to-let-the-people-who-so_106792.jpg"
            },
            "description": "Browse 7 State Budget quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best State Budget sayings and thoughts.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/state-budget/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/state-budget/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "State Budget Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/state-budget/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```