Quotes About Policy

There are many people who think we should have zero tax on capital gains, interest and dividends for everybody, as - the very, very wealthy. But recognize that means that Bill Gates and Warren Buffett would pay no income tax at all. And some people say, 'Well, that's a good thing for growth of the economy.'

Near-zero policy rates that may be considerably expansionary in an economy with high inflation could be contractionary when inflation is too close to zero, or worse, deflation has set in.

I'm one of those guys who believes in next to zero government. They just screw everything up.

The climate-change industrial complex pontificates that the U.S. has to stop using coal to save the planet. But even if the U.S. cut our own coal production to zero, China and India are building hundreds of coal plants. By suspending American coal production, we are merely transferring jobs out of the U.S.

The government believes that we will need to take the step of enshrining the Paris goal for net zero emissions in U.K. law. The question is not whether but how we do it.

Every company should have zero tolerance on sexual harassment so that victims feel secure while taking a stand.

I suggest we bring some normality back to this country and say if you are carrying a knife, there must be zero tolerance. If it was up to me, everyone caught with a knife would get an automatic ten year sentence.

We have a zero tolerance policy here at Bellator when it relates to any form of domestic violence.

No nation can have the policy that whole classes of people are immune from immigration law or enforcement. It was a simple decision by the administration to have a zero tolerance policy for illegal entry, period. The message is that no one is exempt from immigration law.

Quality health care services must be accessible and affordable for all - not just those in certain ZIP codes or tax brackets.

The quality of your public education shouldn't be defined by your zip code.

Kids born into certain ZIP codes will most likely have certain educational outcomes. And we've got to end that. If we end that, we explode economic development.

It used to be that kids used to drive to school, they might have their hunting rifle in the back of their truck. Principals kept a gun in their office. Coaches might keep a gun and their office kids were protected at school. But Joe Biden passed gun-free school zones, and we were for the first time unprotected.

I have done everything I can to move Britain out of the financial danger zone.

Countries themselves need to do everything possible to remain in the euro zone.

Well, a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East would be a wonderful thing.

Most of what needs to be changed in the euro zone can be done without treaty changes. The demand for treaty change is as political as it is legal and I don't think it's going to happen soon.

American policies toward Asians reached a nadir in 1924, with the implementation of a law that sought 'to preserve the idea of American homogeneity' and denied admission to the country to most non-whites. Immigration from Asia was banned completely, with the establishment of an 'Asiatic Barred Zone.'

In the end, the politics of the euro zone weren't strong enough to create a fully integrated fiscal union with a common banking system, etc.

In our country, there must be two time zones to save working hours. Why we don't have it, I have been talking about this issue for a long time.

We now know that gun-free zones, though well intentioned, do not prevent attacks.

There is no point saying you believe in economic responsbility and being careful with taxpayers money if public services are a reform-free zone.

When we see some of these pieces of legislation that want to eliminate single-family zoning in California, that's wrong.

Zoos are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures - of how animals once were in their natural habitat. If the right policies toward nature were pursued, we would need no zoos at all.