Quotes About Policy

You can tax the rich to pay for current spending. You can even tax them very heavily. But when the rich look forward for decades and see nothing but increasing taxes, debts, and government control of their businesses and assets - they will leave.

This government has always said increasing pay is something for something.

I will be the government of increasing economic growth and creating jobs. Take it from me that that's the main issue.

Diplomacy is, perhaps, one element of the U.S. government that should not be subject to the demands of 'open government'; whenever it works, it is usually because it is done behind closed doors. But this may be increasingly hard to achieve in the age of Twittering bureaucrats.

ICE has only become increasingly militarized, brutal, and unaccountable.

It's incumbent upon all members of Congress to support legislation that keeps us safe at home and abroad.

Indeed, it is quite sad to see the United States becoming the main exporter of arms. It is quite sad to look at the U.S. government subsidizing arms exports.

Energy independence and energy security are really two different things.

The Fed's independence is critical.

Energy independence is very important to me.

We need to become energy independent or at least aspire to that.

We must become more energy independent. The development of ANWR will assist in this goal.

If an industrialist can sell his products anywhere in India and the world, why should a farmer not be allowed to do so?

Indian president does not determine policy. Here President is not the policy maker. In the name of the president, the cabinet takes the policy decision.

These are the same people who believe, in some cases, the federal government should not play any role in providing health care to our people or protecting the environment.

The United States invests just 2.4 percent of GDP in infrastructure; whereas, Europe invests twice that amount.

I can today LEGALLY walk into a gun show, uh, pass the background check, and buy a dozen guns, walk out and sell them to criminal elements, who will use them for bad things.

Mark my words, there will be an intensive effort to privatize Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid.

During this first term [as Burlington mayor in 1981] I discovered that the city was wasting substantial sums of money on its insurance policies. Companies, year after year, were getting the city's business at substantially higher than market rates. I instituted a radical socialist concept, 'competitive' bidding, which saved the city tens of thousands of dollars.

in Norway, no matter how much time you might spend in a hospital, no matter how many doctor visits you might make, no matter how many prescription drugs you might use, you cannot spend more than $350 a year for health care. Not one cent more.

Weapons of war belong on the battlefield, not in our schools.

We don't need a flat tax, but a flattening tax, to truly level the playing field.

America's experience -- and that of many other nations ... teaches that fostering entrepreneurship is not just about crafting the right economic policy or developing the best educational curriculum. It's about creating a free political climate in which ideas and innovation can flourish. Simply put, governments that protect liberties, embrace transparency allow for vibrant civil societies, give women equal opportunity, they are the ones that pave the way for thriving cultures.

I think we should be focusing on how to limit the number of abortions. There ought to be able to have a common ground and consensus as to do that.