Economic Quote by Scott Bessent Download Open image “Our family had some economic hardship when I was younger. I got my first job when I was 9.” — Scott Bessent ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Economic Family First First job Job
When I was born, the economy wasn't in a great state; it was the Depression, and my father had to be quick to try… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
They were tough times and I started working when I was 10 years old, delivering papers and eventually becoming a waiter. — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
When I was just 13, we went from being middle class to lower middle class and finally lower class, as someone close to my… — Nana Patekar Copy Share Image
I worked 10 hours a day with my father, having no money in our life from the age of eight to 15. We were… — Bernard Tomic Copy Share Image
As I grew older, I came to feel more responsible for any hardship or trouble my career caused my family. — Annette Funicello Copy Share Image
My parents found good paying jobs, educated me and my brother in wonderful public schools, and entered the middle class. — Raja Krishnamoorthi Copy Share Image
When my parents were growing up, hard work and a good job were all you needed. — Ben Ray Lujan Copy Share Image
When I was 13, I had my first job with my dad carrying shingles up to the roof. And then I got a job… — Ashton Kutcher Copy Share Image
No doubt, my parents were hardworking, you know, middle class. My father, when my sister and I were younger, he was a parking attendant… — Catherine Cortez-Masto Copy Share Image
My father came from old money. There was less of an expectation for the children to earn a living. — Kevin Kwan Copy Share Image
It was a very hard life. As I got older, the family was depending very much on me. My two older brothers got married,… — Martin Lel Copy Share Image
If Vice President Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. had won his home state of Tennessee on November 7, 2000, he would have become president of… — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
Our firm: We study history. We think about the future. We try to analyze what's going on in the present. — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
Tariffs can't be inflationary because if the price of one thing goes up, unless you give people more money, then they have less money… — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
President Trump's first-term tariffs did not raise the prices of the affected goods, despite predictions back then that the tariffs would prove inflationary. Indeed,… — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
We are stretching our nation's finances and creditworthiness so thin that we may find ourselves unable to afford to defend our interests around the… — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has distorted Treasury markets by borrowing more than $1 trillion in more-expensive shorter-term debt compared with historical norms. Terming out… — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
The original sin of Bidenomics was the American Rescue Plan, which became law in March 2021. — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
Used strategically, tariffs can increase revenue to the Treasury, encourage businesses to restore production and reduce our reliance on industrial production from strategic rivals. — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
Academic economists have consistently discredited themselves by wrongly warning against the policies of President Trump. — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
Allowing the private sector rather than the government to allocate capital is crucial to growth. — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
Despite its many flaws, abandoning the international trading system would be a major economic and strategic mistake. Instead, the United States must adopt policies… — Scott Bessent Copy Share Image
It makes no sense to talk of the social obligations of the corporation without reference to its economic obligations. The two are intertwined. — Lee R. Raymond Copy Share Image
Advances in technology will continue to reach far into every sector of our economy. Future job and economic growth in industry, defense, transportation, agriculture,… — Christopher Bond Copy Share Image
I genuinely did not expect more than half our nation to choose to walk away from our long-term allies into the arms of our… — Brian Reade Copy Share Image
The concept of humanity is an especially useful ideological instrument of imperialist expansion, and in its ethical-humanitarian form it is a specific vehicle of… — Carl Schmitt Copy Share Image
Parents who are stressed or disturbed will have more difficulty in meeting their children's needs. Parents who have little support--from friends, relatives, neighbors, or… — Sheila Kamerman Copy Share Image
Just between you and me, shouldn’t the World Bank be encouraging MORE migration of the dirty industries to the LDCs [Less Developed Countries]?... I… — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image
The number of poor, and poorly prepared, students who succeed in college and beyond undercuts the simplistic notion that economic or educational disadvantage is… — Roland Merullo Copy Share Image
Right now, for many Americans, class is being foregrounded like never before because of the economic situation. It doesn't mean that race doesn't matter,… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The average well-being of our societies is not dependent any longer on national income and economic growth. ... But the differences between us and… — Richard G. Wilkinson Copy Share Image
Fossil fuels, including oil, are running out and supplies are getting harder to find. If we do nothing, prices will continue to rise and… — Lucy Powell Copy Share Image
Both fact and logic seem to me to support the view that savings invested in privately owned economic tools of production amount to an… — F. A. Harper Copy Share Image
Business school graduates from the best schools earn large salaries and frequently rise to positions of great power. It would be nice if they… — Jeffrey Pfeffer Copy Share Image