fiscal policy quotes

Even if the government spends itself into bankruptcy and the economy still does not recover, Keynesians can always say that it would have worked if only the government had spent more.

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

The financial crisis should not become an excuse to raise taxes, which would only undermine the economic growth required to regain our strength.

The real goal should be reduced government spending, rather than balanced budgets achieved by ever rising tax rates to cover ever rising spending.

The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.

A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.

We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.