Government Quote by Richard Wagner

Increased government spending can provide a temporary stimulus to demand and output but in the longer run higher levels of government spending crowd out…

— Martin Feldstein

What do you think a stimulus is? It's spending - that's the whole point! Seriously.

— Barack Obama

And taking more money out of the private economy and having the government perform as it has poorly done with the stimulus I don't…

— Mark Kirk

The stimulus is our bridge over troubled waters. And if it's invested well, it'll generate a lot of economic growth, and we'll get quite…

— William J. Clinton

Government spending cannot create additional jobs. If the government provides the funds required (think stimulus) by taxing the citizens or by borrowing from the…

— Ludwig von Mises

The truth of the matter of is that stimulus money not only doesn't stimulate; it actually reduces output.

— Arthur Laffer

I think there is need for economic stimulus... and government can help make that up in a very difficult time.

— Mitt Romney

Any stimulus package amounts to taking money from the pockets of some Americans and placing it in the pockets of others who have better…

— Mona Charen

Well, you know, we've got a lot of stimulus in the economy already from the tax cut, from the lowered interest rates, and also…

— Franklin Raines

There's no doubt that [tax cuts] act as a stimulus. How could they not, in a sense? You're giving cash back to households.

— Judy Woodruff

We have to remember we're in a global economy. The purpose of fiscal stimulus is not simply to sustain activity in our national economies,…

— Stephen Harper

Well, the infrastructure part of the stimulus has worked. There's absolutely no question about it. We can demonstrate in Pennsylvania and other states around…

— Ed Rendell