Budget Quote by John Bel Edwards

The fact is, Missouri's budget is broken. For decades, insiders, special interests, lobbyists and prior politicians have made a mess of our budget.

— Eric Greitens

I've, we have in this state, like many other states, we're experiencing an enormous budget deficit that we're trying to grapple with. But we…

— Jennifer Granholm

We're facing a natural disaster in the middle of an economic disaster. The federal government has to balance its budget the way our families…

— Nan Hayworth

I am not about to let the people who so mismanaged the state budget now try to manage local government.

— Jim Doyle

Too many members of Congress are too involved in grabbing what they can for their states or districts without enough emphasis on overall fiscal…

— John Ensign

The largest portion of our state budget is Health and Human Services. It will grow by approximately $500 million. A half a billion dollars…

— Mitt Romney

We have to be realistic about what the state can afford, and put an end to abuses of the system that cost millions.

— Jerry Brown

Our state has a balanced budget. We have to live within our means in the state of Wyoming. I was in the state senate.…

— John Barrasso

The budget is absolutely interlinked - our ability to fund our education system, to clean up drinking water, is linked with our ability to…

— Gretchen Whitmer

I think it is wrong to balance the budget on the backs of local government.

— Nina Turner

“These are tough times for state governments. Huge deficits loom almost everywhere, from California to New York, from New Jersey to Texas. Wait—Texas? Wasn't…

— Paul Krugman

States, virtually all of them, have a constitutional requirement to operate on a balanced budget.

— John Kitzhaber