Fiscal Policy Quotes

“I am a fiscal conservative, and I believe in a balanced budget.”

“I've always been a fiscal conservative. I'm a pay-as-you-go kind of guy.”

“I have always believed that the very best economic policy is a balanced budget.”

“The extravagant expenditure of public money is an evil...not to be measured by the value of that money to the people who are taxed for it.”

“You cannot grow the economy and jobs by taxing and spending.”

“The way to balance the budget is for Congress to cut spending. It's that simple.”

“We have to have a discussion about what we want our government to do and what we can afford.”

“Reagan proved that deficits don't matter.”

“The president believes that we have to have a responsible plan to get our budget back in order.”

“We must restore fiscal sanity to our nation's capital.”

“It's about time that we passed a balanced budget amendment.”

“The debt is like a cancer, it is truly harming us.”

“Fiscal responsibility is not a partisan issue; it's a matter of common sense.”

“We have a spending problem in Washington, not a revenue problem.”

“The idea of a balanced budget is, to me, something that is a little naive.”

“We have a spending problem, not a revenue problem.”

“We must reduce the size and scope of the federal government.”

“Economy is the first and great article in my financial creed. The second is, pay as you go.”

“We are in a trap... a politician's trap... It is a pleasure-pain trap. The pleasure is to be able to vote for lower taxes. The pain is to be held responsible for higher deficits.”

“Putting the budget on a sustainable path would be a good thing for the country, and that the sooner that is done, the better.”