Cease Quote by Mitt Romney

In a clean break from the Obama years, and frankly from the years before this president, we will keep federal spending at 20 percent…

— Paul Ryan

After almost 50 years in which federal spending averaged about 20 percent of GDP, Joe Sestak and Nancy Pelosi took federal spending to 25…

— Pat Toomey

Government spending? I don't know what it's all about. I don't know any more about this thing than an economist does, and, God knows,…

— Will Rogers

The question is: How do we reduce spending from 25% of GDP, which is where Obama put us? The focus is on total government…

— Grover Norquist

You're having government spending on the economy being cut almost everywhere. That means that the only source of spending for growth has to come…

— Michael Hudson

Under President Obama, we have spent more money - he has spent more money than any other president in this history, actually, the combined…

— Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Spending by government currently amounts to about 45 percent of national income. By that test, government owns 45 percent of the means of production…

— Milton Friedman

Well, I think the president has clearly submitted us a tight budget, but it's what's called for if we're going to get spending under…

— Thad Cochran

Trillions of dollars are being spent in the name of 'saving' the economy: bailouts, 'stimulus,' omnibus spending bills, budgets, government takeovers of the auto,…

— Monica Crowley

Mr. Obama plans to boost federal spending 25 percent while nearly tripling the national debt over 10 years. Americans know that this kind of…

— Karl Rove

When George Bush came into office, we had surpluses. And now we have half-a-trillion-dollar deficit annually. When George Bush came into office, our national…

— Barack Obama

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