Average Quote by John Cornyn

“increases in expenditures remains a top imperative for policymakers due to the unsustainable growth forecasts and concerns that health care will absorb an increasingly…

— Ken Yale

Today we care about budgets more than anything. Our American future hangs on the ability of government to cut budget.

— Amity Shlaes

Carli Fiorina thinks the answer for Social Security and Medicare is...zero-based budgeting! Christ. People of a certain age are all banging their heads on…

— Ted Cruz

In fact, entitlement spending on programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security make up 54% of federal spending, and spending is projected to…

— Jim Ryun

Normally, when politicians talk about 'cutting the budget,' they really mean reducing the amount of increase. Actual spending goes up while the politicians claim…

— Mark McKinnon

A budget matters to people who worry about protecting and saving critical programs like Medicare and Social Security. A budget matters to younger workers…

— Susan Brooks

The budget doesn't have much control over the government. Then again, the government doesn't have much control over the budget.

— P. J. O'Rourke

I agree with the idea of cutting [budget], but it should all be coming out of entitlements for the affluent and not out of…

— David Brooks

Much fiscal policy is implemented, not through spending increases, but through tax credits and other so-called tax expenditures. The markets should respond to them…

— Alan Greenspan

Government spending clearly needs some adjusting. But a budget is a statement of our priorities, and balancing our spending on the backs of our…

— Paul Tonko

I think the Republican budget priorities are messed up. I salute for the way they're attacking some of the entitlement programs, but they are…

— David Brooks

I think that all areas of the budget have to be scrubbed. Clearly the entitlement issues have to be reformed and that's an issue…

— John Thune