--- title: "6 Tight Money Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 6 Tight Money quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Tight Money sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1c/harry-s-truman-898_bottom_on-tight-money-it-reflects-a-reversion-t_71591.jpg" --- > [On tight money: It reflects a reversion to the old idea that the tree can be fertilized at the top instead of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-s-truman/on-tight-money-it-reflects-a-reversion-to-the-old-idea-that-the-tree/) [Harry S. Truman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-s-truman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1c/harry-s-truman-898_bottom_on-tight-money-it-reflects-a-reversion-t_71591.jpg) > [A tight-money policy reinforces inequality in two ways. Its high interest rates disproportionately reward the rich, and the resulting unemployment disproportionately punishes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-mcquaig/a-tight-money-policy-reinforces-inequality-in-two-ways-its-high/) [Linda McQuaig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-mcquaig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/604/linda-mcquaig-38650_capitalism_a-tight-money-policy-reinforces-inequali_157956.png) > [It is a well known urban myth that the French don't trust banks and store their money under their mattress. It's not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janine-di-giovanni/it-is-a-well-known-urban-myth-that-the-french-don-t-trust-banks-and/) [Janine di Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janine-di-giovanni/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d5/janine-di-giovanni-11564_anyone_it-is-a-well-known-urban-myth-that-the-f_557087.png) > [But I've always been accused of being a bit tight with money, so it hasn't particularly changed my lifestyle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-deacon/but-i-ve-always-been-accused-of-being-a-bit-tight-with-money-so-it/) [John Deacon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-deacon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82d/john-deacon-18957_accused_but-i-ve-always-been-accused-of-being-a_1774133.jpg) > [It's not easy to be my sons because we're very high profile. We try so hard to give them a normal life.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zhang-xin/it-s-not-easy-to-be-my-sons-because-we-re-very-high-profile-we-try-so/) [Zhang Xin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zhang-xin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/020/zhang-xin-16964_about_it-s-not-easy-to-be-my-sons-because-we-r_2080890.jpg) > [My father was a self-employed, commission-only salesman. He sold double-glazing and fitted kitchens, amongst other things. As he never declared himself unemployed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-oliver/my-father-was-a-self-employed-commission-only-salesman-he-sold-double/) [Neil Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dc/neil-oliver-28285_benefits_my-father-was-a-self-employed-commission_2228456.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tight-money/#itemlist", "name": "Tight Money Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "On tight money: It reflects a reversion to the old idea that the tree can be fertilized at the top instead of at the bottom - the old trickle-down theory.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Harry S. 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