Budgets Quote by Amity Shlaes

Coolidge cut the budget, and even better, cut it during peace and prosperity. He left a federal budget lower than the one that greeted…

— Amity Shlaes

Coolidge believed that government officials who tell themselves that spending benefits the economy delude themselves and the citizens. Government budgets promote human freedom.

— Amity Shlaes

Coolidge was a pragmatist. He didn't start out with a tax theory. But he observed over time that lower tax rates sometimes brought in…

— Amity Shlaes

The most remarkable thing about Calvin Coolidge is that he served for 67 months, and when he left office, the budget was lower than…

— Amity Shlaes

You hear a lot of jokes every once in a while about 'Silent Cal Coolidge.' The joke is on the people who make the…

— Ronald Reagan

Coolidge really hated government being in the power business. He thought it was wrong. He saw the potential for growth in the power business.…

— Amity Shlaes

Right now we're concerned about budget. Right now we're concerned about the prospect of interest rate rise. We're concerned about government corruption, government handing…

— Amity Shlaes

My dad was fiscally conservative, and I was influenced by that. He didn't believe in spending more than you had because it gets you…

— Clint Eastwood

Congress knew Coolidge would veto the farm bill. There was more politics than relief in that bill.

— Will Rogers

Coolidge showed that the best government was the one that got out of the way. When he refrained, the economy grew, the Ku Klux…

— Amity Shlaes

When Mr. Obama entered office, he said all the right things about getting Washington spending under control. He even promised to cut the deficit…

— Pete Hegseth

“Some defenders of FDR, such as economist Paul Krugman, blame the 1937–38 collapse on a reduction in government spending. In typical Keynesian fashion, they…

— Lawrence W. Reed