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“For three decades following the war, economists, politicians, commentators and citizens all agreed that high public expenditure, administered by local or national authorities with…

— Tony Judt

“Except for spending to protect property rights, enforce the law, and protect citizens from foreign aggressors, all government spending crowds out private spending and…

— Thomas J. DiLorenzo

“Query government spending.”

— Steven Magee

I know it's going to be the private sector that leads this country out of the current economic times we're in. You can spend…

— George W. Bush

If you have a private firm and you spend a ton of money to pay employees, but what you produce is a flop, there…

— Robert Higgs

When the private does well, there's revenue for the public sector.

— Jim Talent

Whether government finances its added spending by increasing taxes, by borrowing, or by inflating the currency, the added spending will be offset by reduced…

— Richard Wagner

In sectors like energy, I haven't been arguing for more spending per se; I've been arguing that it doesn't make sense for us to…

— Barack Obama

The fact that we're spending $700 billion a year on oil is actually a good thing; it means we have the prosperity to do…

— Rush Limbaugh

Expenditures rise to meet income.

— C. Northcote Parkinson

Government is taking 40 percent of the GDP. And that's at the state, local and federal level. President Obama has taken government spending at…

— Mitt Romney

In an economy where public spending is extremely important, the governments must spend, they must spend more but at the same time you can't…

— Arun Jaitley