Posts Tagged ‘deficit’
Walter Cronkite: Increasing Taxes
on Monday, November 4, 2019Walter Cronkite Money Quote saying with a journalist’s perspective that cutting taxes seems as though it would have the opposite effect of the stated goal. Walter Cronkite said:
“It seems to me that instead of cutting taxes, we ought to be increasing the taxes to pay off the deficit, rather than let that thing build up to the point where our grandchildren’s grandchildren are going to be paying for our period of time and our years at the helm” — Walter Cronkite
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Barack Obama: Deficits Existential Crisis
on Wednesday, September 12, 2018Barack Obama Money Quote saying Republicans fought Medicare because they refused to increase the deficit, but congress increased the deficit by $1 Trillion by approving a tax cut to the rich and to corporations. Barack Obama said:
“Suddenly deficits do not matter, even though, just two years ago, when the deficit was lower, they said, I couldn’t afford to help working families or seniors on Medicare because the deficit was an existential crisis. What changed?” — Barack Obama
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Warren Buffett: Five Minutes Deficit
on Sunday, June 11, 2017Warren Buffett Money Quote saying if you make congress responsible for keeping their jobs by keeping the deficit in check, they would certainly be up to that task. Warren Buffett said:
“I could end the deficit in five minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for reelection” — Warren Buffett
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Mick Mulvaney: Republican, Democrat Deficit
on Friday, December 16, 2016Mick Mulvaney Money Quote saying his priority is spending less taxpayer money regardless of political affiliation of the appropriation. Mick Mulvaney said:
“A Republican deficit is the same as a Democrat deficit” — Mick Mulvaney
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Bill Maher: Unemployment Sky Didn’t Fall
on Monday, July 11, 2016
Bill Maher Money Quote saying Republicans expected calamity if liberal policies were implemented, but California proved them wrong on employment and deficits. Bill Maher said:
“[California] did all the stuff conservatives warned us would make things even worse but the sky didn’t fall, unemployment did, and growth shot up to over four percent, and a 26 billion dollar deficit became an 11 billion dollar surplus” — Bill Maher
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Ronald Reagan: Not Worried About Deficit
on Tuesday, June 12, 2012Funny Money Quotes: Joking about the national debt by saying that its bulk conveys responsibility upon itself for a very large problem. Ronald Reagan said:
“I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself” — Ronald Reagan
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