Bailout Quote by Steven Magee

How do you hold down government spending?

— Milton Friedman

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

“On these issues, the public fib. They say they want increased spending, and in theory they do—but in practice they think someone else should…

— Tony Blair

“They just want to know what we stand for; our spending choices is one way that we articulate this.”

— Ron Lieber

The money that government spends is your money, not government's, and you know how to spend it better.

— Carlos Lopez-Cantera

“The sense that just about anything goes with the collection of public revenues and the making of public expenditure has contributed mightily to the…

— Richard Epstein

“We didn't actually overspend our budget. The allocation simply fell short of our expenditure.”

— Keith Davis

The Federal Government is the people and the budget is a reflection of their need.

— John F. Kennedy

“if your government isn’t wasteful, you’re spending too much time fighting government waste.”

— Jordan Ellenberg

“If we are ever going to have adequate funding for health care and other major line items in our budget, however, we have to…

— Ben Carson

This is the disease in America. It's not just spending. It's not just taxes. It's not just corruption. It is progressivism. And it is…

— Glenn Beck

Expose widespread waste and duplication in federal spending.

— Tom Coburn