Quotes About Policy

The flat tax would be so simple, you could fill it out on a post card. A post card that would say, in effect, having a wonderful time; glad most of my money is here.

Printing money is merely taxation in another form.

In a world where wealth is growing, you can get away with printing money. Doubling the debt over the next 20 years is not a problem.

If politicians get money to spend and don't have to be responsible for taxation, then of course that will bias their attitude toward more spending as opposed to cutting back on spending.

It is credit that matters, not money (in other words, monetarism is a false ideology).

Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money.

Only the naive inflationist's could believe that government could enrich mankind through fiat money.

I believe Mexico should dedicate 100% of its oil revenues to developing human capital and technological development. None of us politicians should be able to touch that money.

The only way government bureaucrats know of keeping prosperity going is to inflate some more - to increase the deficit or to pump more money into the system.

Every deal is a regulated deal. Regulators will tell you how to take your money home.

As long as we issue fiat currency, I see no alternative to a legal tender law.

Lobbyist influence comes from access, not money.

The government says they have loaned over One Billion dollars to the Farmers. In other words, we can't help you make any money, but we will show you where you can owe some more.

Money power means budget power and it is folly to imagine that the citizen can control government unless he can control its budget.

Everyone wants a more simple tax system. But if this means that certain tax breaks have to be cut, people are no longer so enthusiastic.

Stupidity cannot be cured with money, or through education, or by legislation.

Money has always been in politics. And I'm not sure you'd want money to be completely out of politics.

Government is an inherently inflationary institution and will ever remain so until it is dispossessed of its monopoly of the supply of money.

Australia must prioritise education spending. It is not a question of whether or not we have the money, it is a question of how we choose to spend it.

Government has no money of its own. All it does is take resources from one group and given them to another.

When they so-called 'target the interest rate', what they're doing is controlling the money supply via the interest rate. The interest rate is only an intermediary instrument.

If you ask what's best for the country, vote Republican. If you ask how will you get more money from the government, vote Democrat

Printing currency for foreigners to buy is the best racket a government can get into.

There is no question that managed care is managed cost, and the idea is that you can save a lot of money and make health care costs less if you ration it.