Quotes of Fiscal - somelinesforyou

“ The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics. ”

- Thomas Sowell

“ This budget is, in my view, a good budget. It does begin to exercise some fiscal discipline, but it is a modest exercise of fiscal discipline. ”

- Lamar Alexander

“ As a fiscal conservative, I believe one of the most important roles the federal government can play in assuring that our economy remains strong is to keep our fiscal house in order. ”

- Allen Boyd

“ I love the gallery, the arena of representation. It's a commercial world, and morality is based generally around economics, and that's taking place in the art gallery. ”

- Jeff Koons

“ The President has no real plan to address the fiscal challenges arising from the retirement of the baby boom generation, let alone a plan to fix Social Security. ”

- Jack Reed

“ Being lectured by the president on fiscal responsibility is a little bit like Tony Soprano talking to me about law and order in this country. ”

- John F. Kerry

“ This administration not only owes the country an honest budget, but a frank dialogue about the serious fiscal challenges that lie ahead. ”

- Kent Conrad

“ To sum up my political philosopy, I am a fiscal conservative with a social conscience. ”

- Colin L. Powell

“ To the extent that we've got a fiscal crisis right now, part of it is prompted by a bullheaded insistence on the part of the president, for example, that we should extend all of his tax cuts, make all of them permanent. ”

- Barack Obama

“ Thus our baseline outlook for the U.S. economy is one of sustained economic growth and contained inflation pressures. In our view, realizing this outcome will require the Federal Reserve to continue to remove monetary accommodation. ”

- Alan Greenspan

“ Women's battle for financial equality has barely been joined, much less won. Society still traditionally assigns to woman the role of money-handler rather than money-maker, and our assigned specialty is far more likely to be home economics than financial economics. ”

- Paula Nelson

“ This Budget reflects a choice - not an easy choice, but the right choice. And when you think about it, the only choice. The choice to take the responsible, prudent path to fiscal stability, economic growth and opportunity. ”

- George E. Pataki

“ We must renew our efforts to keep our communities safe, from the dangers of terrorists from foreign lands and from common criminals here at home. Let no criminal believe that tough fiscal times will yield an open cell door and a ticket to freedom. ”

- Bill Owens

“ A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over lousy fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship… ”

- Alexander Fraser Tyler

“ I know there's a great deal that Arnold Schwarzenegger could teach me about making movies. There's a great deal I could teach him about the fiscal reforms that are needed - desperately needed - to set California back in good order. ”

- Tom McClintock
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