Quotes About Spending

In principle, there are only three main components of spending that much matter to monetary policy: consumer spending, business investment and exports and trade.

I love New York. But how much should it cost to call New York home? Decades of out-of-control budgets, spending hikes, and relentless borrowing have made New York simply too expensive.

The belief that recipients of government aid are better off the more we spend on them is remarkably persistent. No matter how many times this central tenet of liberalism gets debunked, like Brett Favre, it just keeps coming back.

I have said repeatedly I do want to take longer to eliminate the deficit than the other parties. Because I want to see us have the ability to invest more in our economy, in our public services, and in lifting people out of poverty.

This independent report clearly indicates that while we may differ among ourselves in government about what to spend money on, we have one of the most reliable and non-political processes for agreeing on how much money there is. We don't play games with the numbers.

In many cases, here we are, putting out reports that we're spending $100 million a year on, and we're telling the public, 'Oh, you don't have access to them.'

The president has immense powers, but he cannot spend money unless we, the people's representatives in Congress, have agreed that he can.

The federal debt in this country is principally of Republican design.

The Republicans in the House and the Bush administration are bankrupting this country.

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

The main issue is huge government spending, and my record has been trying to make sure the federal government lives within its means. I guess that's really what separates where Republicans have been from the Democrats.

I'm so bad with money, I had to hand all my cards over to my husband. It doesn't comprehend in my brain.

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

If I could only have cash, I know that I would spend very little.

Spending $40,000 on shoes is downright ignorant.

Illinois has severe budget problem. You cannot cut your way out of the problem.

It is past time for Congress to get serious about our spending crisis and impose fiscal restraint.

Advertisers rip out one another's conscience to control the spending impulses of males ages 18 to 34, who now have the cyber world at their fingertips. They want more.

I think to balance the budget, probably every federal department has to take cuts in my opinion.

Expenditures rise to meet income.

The first time I had disposable income, the two things I cared most about were a television and a couch.

You have to remember: what are incomes to banks are outgoes to families.

You have to have commercial income so you can spend on players.

Working families spend about 90 percent of their income on consumption - buying stuff. The rich spend less than 45 percent.