Quotes About Economics

I'm one of the top 2 or 3 or 4 most conservative members in the House of Representatives when it comes to economics.

What Trump represents is a restoration - a restoration of true American capitalism.

I don't think Keynesian Monetarism has to be Democrat or Republican.

As a Republican, I am all for competition.

The Republicans are looking after the financial interests of the wealthiest individuals in this country.

Democrats and Republicans have been very keen to make home ownership almost a national purpose.

What the Republicans have said is rather than touch one hair on the heads of the wealthiest people in our country, people who make over $1 million a year, they're saying, 'Seniors should pay $6,000 more dollars a year. But please don't let us ask the wealthiest to do their fair share.'

There are a great number of Republicans who are economically conservative but have hearts and a consciousness about their country.

Republicans profess to be against deficits, but they are experts at creating and exacerbating deficits.

Americans overthrew governments only when economic interests coincided with ideological ones.

The post-Reagan era has been defined by overspending as the result of ideological overpromises.

If Trump actually wants to help those who have been left behind, he must go beyond the ideological battles of the past.

I'm putting jobs over ideology.

A two-year budget is not an ideology.

The ruling ideology prefers to talk about individual ethics rather than the capitalist system.

Resource-rich nations should not ignore efficiency simply because energy is abundant.

George W. Bush has helped those who have most, hurt those who have least and ignored everyone in between.

Californians devised a system of electricity sales that ignored every dimension of the free market.

Choices abound in the free market. Choice creates real and immediate accountability.

Much like the leaders of some European countries, Democrats believe that the more immigrants a country takes in, the better off that country becomes and the more altruistic it appears.

Immigration is as much about the American experience and the values we share, and a lot more about economics than it is about politics.

Trump is a cultural candidate for president, not an economic one. He clearly loves America and wants America to stay America. America won't be America if it has open borders and mass Muslim immigration.

Imagine a libertarian president ending impediments to free markets.

When markets fail, as they often do, collective action becomes imperative.