Appropriation Quote by Calvin Coolidge

We're going to have to raise revenues in some form or fashion, and we're going to have to cut spending, including entitlements of all…

— Douglas R. Oberhelman

The issue is not about raising taxes. The issue is, how do we allocate the wealth that we have? We spend trillions of dollars…

— Henry Giroux

People's taxes spent on servicing our national debt, instead of funding public services. This isn't just a waste - it's also a risk.

— Liz Kendall

The problem is government spends too much. So raising taxes is what politicians do, instead of reducing spending.

— Grover Norquist

The need for collecting large campaign funds would vanish if Congress provided an appropriation for the proper and legitimate expenses of each of the…

— Theodore Roosevelt

It's not fair to say that Congress spends money like a drunk sailor. At least the sailor is spending his own money!

— Ronald Reagan

“On these issues, the public fib. They say they want increased spending, and in theory they do—but in practice they think someone else should…

— Tony Blair

We just watched this budget debacle right? Seventy-three percent of Americans want to tax the rich. Why can't the politicians respond to that? Because…

— Bill Ayers

Tax is a big expense. And I wouldn't mind paying taxes a lot less if our politicians knew how to spend the money, but…

— Donald Trump

It is your tax which pays for public spending. The government have no money of their own. There is only taxpayers' money.

— Margaret Thatcher

The fact that many private expenditures are mutually offsetting actually happens to constitute a remarkably good bit of fiscal news. Mutually offsetting spending patterns…

— Robert H. Frank

It is a general maxim that all governments find a use for as much money as they can raise. Indeed, they have commonly demands…

— James Smith