Budget deficit Quote by Ron Kind

Giving subsidies is a two-edged sword. Once you give it, it's very hard to take away subsidies. There's a political cost to taking away…

— Najib Razak

We're a country that owes $20 trillion. They [Japan, Germany, South Korea, Saudi Arabia] have to help us out.

— Donald Trump

Let's get rid of all our subsidies together. Let's join hands as wealthy industrialised nations and say to the world, we're going to get…

— George W. Bush

We don't need subsidized corporate welfare schemes that rely on endless bailouts from the taxpayer.

— Pierre Poilievre

When corporations get special handouts from the government, subsidies and tax breaks, it costs you. It means you have to pay more in taxes…

— Robert Reich

We cannot afford to leave the poor behind.

— P. Chidambaram

We've seen the government give out subsidies to companies, those companies turn around and use it for executive bonuses.

— Andrew Scheer

We need to cut subsidy leakages, not subsidies themselves.

— Narendra Modi

The tax rate of 35 percent is impossible to provide an incentive to the large corporations, that have $1.7 trillion offshore, to put their…

— Frederick W. Smith

But obviously, we can't afford to make some bad long-term decisions with regard to basic commitments our country has - trade those away for…

— Fred Thompson

Unfettered market American-style capitalism doesn't work. Developing countries can't afford that kind of luxury. They just can't afford it. Period. If there's a mistake,…

— Joseph Stiglitz

Subsidies have changed the way the nation behaves.

— James Cook