Decision Quote by Theresa May

When I came to Congress, I campaigned for fiscal responsibility. And the earmarking problem and crisis caused a great erosion in the public's confidence…

— Chuck Fleischmann

Washington's answer to a self-inflicted financial crisis reminded Americans why they so deeply distrust the political class. The 'fiscal cliff' process was secretive and…

— Ron Fournier

Examine the legacy that we inherited and what we did. We had boom-and-bust economics and a doubled national debt.

— Tony Blair

Once upon a time, government budgets were balanced, our money was sound, the streets were safe, and taxes imposed by all levels of government…

— Harry Browne

Our approach is to reject the old vicious circle of the '80s-rising debt, higher long-term interest rates, higher debt repayment costs, lower growth, higher…

— Gordon Brown

Pocketbook and economic issues is pretty much all I campaigned on.

— Raja Krishnamoorthi

We weren't trying to just go public and get rich. There was no near-term thing. It always was this many-decades thing where there were…

— Bill Gates

“Ever since 1945 the federal government has held and indeed increased its importance as the first customer of the American economy. Government spending had…

— John Morris Roberts

“The predominant view was that budgets should be balanced and money supplies tightened. This, as we know today, only made matters worse.”

— Timothy Snyder

It was hard to figure out what were the good causes, the bad causes, even the good politics and the bad politics. So we…

— Jeff Ament

We spent $100 billion on education, saving the education system 300,000 teachers who were laid off because of the recession. We also put tens…

— Joe Biden

Moreover, because we chose to finance the way by borrowing, our deficits and debt has soared, and this means we have less room for…

— Joseph Stiglitz