If Federal Reserve loans are subsidies, it doesn't show up in the federal budget. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Higher education isn't just a personal investment. It's a public good that pays off in a more competitive workforce and better-informed and… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
There was nothing natural about laissez-faire; free markets could never have come into being merely by allowing things to take their course.… — Karl Polanyi Copy Share Image
Last night, I had a telephone townhall for my constituents back in Vermont, and we had 11,500 people on it. And I… — Peter Welch Copy Share Image
College has been oversold. It has been oversold to students who end up dropping out or graduating with degrees that don't help… — Alex Tabarrok Copy Share Image
Far from trying to rig the system, I have spent decades opposing cronyism and all political favors, including mandates, subsidies and protective… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
Insurance companies, drug companies are going to have to be ponying up, partly because right now they're receiving huge subsidies. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Poland does not want to remain a net recipient of EU subsidies forever. On the contrary: we want the right to develop… — Jaroslaw Kaczynski Copy Share Image
We often hear a lot about subsidies, because it's often the powerful talking about the poor; the poor don't have enough voice… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Do you realize that $150 billion of our tax money is given to the corporations, unions and wealthy people for tax breaks,… — Doris "Granny D" Haddock Copy Share Image
It is government policy to phase out subsidies to nationalised industries. In line with this, the government hopes that the coal industry… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
Every time you cut programs, you take away a person who has a vested interest in high taxes and you put him… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
Everybody says they want to have private providers and we're saying fine. Let the states negotiate on behalf of a population in… — Maria Cantwell Copy Share Image
These are the rules of big business. They have superseded the teachings of our parents and are reducible to a simple maxim:… — Frederic C. Howe Copy Share Image
If the only motive was to help people who could not afford education, advocates of government involvement would have simply proposed tuition… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Renewable energy fits well into the conservative mindset by allowing competition into the energy markets so that consumers have choice. The system… — Mark Ruffalo Copy Share Image
The army of relief and other subsidy recipients will continue to grow, and the solvency of the government will become increasingly un… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
The collapse of the Soviet bloc ended the massive subsidies that had kept the Cuban economy afloat. The once-vaunted education and health… — Tom Gjelten Copy Share Image
I love when problems have simple solutions. Cold medicine. Umbrellas. Condoms. Tax incentives & subsidies attracting favored industries. — Greg Fitzsimmons Copy Share Image
If climate change issues are not adequately addressed—if we keep running those nice energy subsidies, if the price on carbon is not… — Christine Lagarde Copy Share Image
If you get a job or promotion because of your race or gender, it is no different than a subsidy. You get… — James Cook Copy Share Image
One answer is that the town's elected officials thought that the project served a public purpose and that the various subsidies and… — Michael Kinsley Copy Share Image
To the people who are upset about their hard-earned tax money going to things they don’t like: welcome to the f*cking club.… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
The American Dream, coupled with government subsidies of utilities and cheap consumer goods courtesy of slave labour somewhere else, has kept the… — Elizabeth Wurtzel Copy Share Image
