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# Stephen Moore

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##  Quotes by Stephen Moore · Page 3

> [It turns out the businessman knows more about how the economy really works than the chattering class. What a shock.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-moore/it-turns-out-the-businessman-knows-more-about-how-the-economy-really/)

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> [The trade deficit always goes up when the economy is strong and plummets when the economy sinks, as it did during both…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-moore/the-trade-deficit-always-goes-up-when-the-economy-is-strong-and/)

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[1930s](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/zz-1930s-382/)

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> [The countries in the Paris climate accord have broken almost every promise they've made, and the nation (the U.S.) that hasn't signed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-moore/the-countries-in-the-paris-climate-accord-have-broken-almost-every/)

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> [The war on driving includes calls for carbon and gas taxes, tens of billions of gas tax money diverted to inefficient and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-moore/the-war-on-driving-includes-calls-for-carbon-and-gas-taxes-tens-of/)

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[Mass transit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mass-transit/)

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> [A merit-based system will reward great public servants, and getting rid of the shirkers will improve morale and the pride of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-moore/a-merit-based-system-will-reward-great-public-servants-and-getting/)

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> [If I've learned anything as an economic analyst, it is that the stock market and economic winds can shift by the hour.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-moore/if-i-ve-learned-anything-as-an-economic-analyst-it-is-that-the-stock/)

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[Anything](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anything/)

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> [Too often, we say that the Left is wrong but well-intentioned. Some are. But most simply want government to control other people's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-moore/too-often-we-say-that-the-left-is-wrong-but-well-intentioned-some-are/)

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[Achieve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/achieve/)

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> [I have spent my entire career advocating for free-market economic policies, trying to convince the leaders of this country that unnecessary government…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-moore/i-have-spent-my-entire-career-advocating-for-free-market-economic/)

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> [Nearly every policy during the Obama years was anti-growth: tax increases; minimum-wage hikes; ObamaCare; Dodd-Frank regulations; massive debt spending; the Paris climate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-moore/nearly-every-policy-during-the-obama-years-was-anti-growth-tax/)

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[American](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american/)

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> [Yes, sunny Nevada is an ideal state for solar power. As it gets cheaper, the state should use solar whenever it makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-moore/yes-sunny-nevada-is-an-ideal-state-for-solar-power-as-it-gets-cheaper/)

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[Climate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/)

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> [We all, as individuals, can and should act compassionately and charitably. We can volunteer our time, energy, and dollars to help the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-moore/we-all-as-individuals-can-and-should-act-compassionately-and/)

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[Compassion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compassion/)

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> [For all the obsession in Washington and in college faculty lounges over income inequality, why isn't there more outrage over government policies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-moore/for-all-the-obsession-in-washington-and-in-college-faculty-lounges/)

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[America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/)

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> [Few nations have been as reliant on nuclear power as Korea. In many ways, cheap and reliable atomic energy helped make possible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-moore/few-nations-have-been-as-reliant-on-nuclear-power-as-korea-in-many/)

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[Atomic energy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/atomic-energy/)

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> [The number of jobs created under President Barack Obama's stimulus turned out to be fewer than the number we would have had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-moore/the-number-of-jobs-created-under-president-barack-obama-s-stimulus/)

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> [Ex-Im Bank doles out billions of dollars of loans and insurance subsidies every year and has become the poster child for corporate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-moore/ex-im-bank-doles-out-billions-of-dollars-of-loans-and-insurance/)

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[America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/)

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> [Obamacare does not allow patients to buy insurance across state lines, which would dramatically increase competition and lower costs. It does not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-moore/obamacare-does-not-allow-patients-to-buy-insurance-across-state-lines/)

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> [Many small business owners want to pass their family legacy on to their kids and grandkids, but they are turned over to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-moore/many-small-business-owners-want-to-pass-their-family-legacy-on-to/)

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[Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/)

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> [The climate-change industrial complex pontificates that the U.S. has to stop using coal to save the planet. But even if the U.S.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-moore/the-climate-change-industrial-complex-pontificates-that-the-u-s-has/)

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> [Donald Trump is producing the kind of shoot-the-moon economic recovery that we last saw under Ronald Reagan in the 1980s. He's copied…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-moore/donald-trump-is-producing-the-kind-of-shoot-the-moon-economic/)

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> [Whereas Jimmy Carter had aggressively pursued anti-merger activity - the imbecilic case against AT&amp;T was prosecuted under President Carter - Mr. Reagan…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-moore/whereas-jimmy-carter-had-aggressively-pursued-anti-merger-activity/)

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> [My father built a small business from scratch with years and years of sweat equity and many, many weeks away from home.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-moore/my-father-built-a-small-business-from-scratch-with-years-and-years-of/)

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> [Do environmentalists really believe that green progress means looking out at America's majestic mountains, forests, green oceans, wilderness areas and deserts and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-moore/do-environmentalists-really-believe-that-green-progress-means-looking/)

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> [A lifetime single worker really gets a horrid deal from Social Security. The return on average is less than 0.5 percent. These…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-moore/a-lifetime-single-worker-really-gets-a-horrid-deal-from-social/)

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## Stephen Moore by topic

[Climate (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/stephen-moore/) [Politics (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/politics/stephen-moore/) [Government (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/government/stephen-moore/) [Taxes (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/taxes/stephen-moore/) [More (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/more/stephen-moore/) [America (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/stephen-moore/)

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