Quotes About Economy

We need to make sure that people are progressively better off in work than they would be on welfare.

I think what the Conservatives have done, scaling back welfare payment, is overwhelmingly positive. There's only a certain amount of welfare they can give out.

It is imperative for our own safety and welfare and for the sake of the economy that we put COVID-19 behind us and get on with our lives.

The welfare state is collapsing all around us. There are people that realize that we can't go on this way, but I'm not sure how many people realize how close we are to the collapse of the U.S. financial system.

I want to increase our spending on research and development by 25%. That's something the U.S. does very well. That dynamism alongside a welfare state in the European community - that's the synthesis I want to achieve.

The very welfare state the Occupy Wall Street protesters so eagerly applaud is what has saddled Greece with colossal debt and left its economy on the brink of collapse, igniting violent protests across the nation.

Capitalism does a number of things very well: it helps create an entrepreneurial spirit; it gets people motivated to come up with new ideas, and that's a good thing.

One of the things that people don't realize is that that natural beauty, those recreational forests, they have an economic development impact for the state as well.

A healthy ocean is vital to our economy and well-being. We need clean and healthy oceans to sustain tourism and fisheries.

The market came with the dawn of civilization and it is not an invention of capitalism. If it leads to improving the well-being of the people there is no contradiction with socialism.

Good government is one of the most important factors in economic growth and social well-being.

We must have a blueprint not only for a guided economy but for a social order based on justice and ensuring the well-being of the people.

When the economic well-being of their nation demanded a strong and creative response, my colleagues at the Federal Reserve... mustered the moral courage to do what was necessary.

For thousands of years, until about 1850, you see humans accumulating more and more power by the invention of new technologies and by new systems of organization in the economy and in politics, but you don't see any real improvement in the well-being of the average person.

We can't stop talking about the importance of our values and our culture. We can't stop talking about them because the moral well-being of our people is directly linked to their economic well-being.

Evidence suggests jobs are crucial not only to economic well-being but also to self-esteem.

We have to look to the well-being of the Lebanese citizens and create prosperity in the country, and you can't create prosperity without stability.

Economically, we are, to some significant degree, interdependent with Chinese well-being. That is a great asset.

The road to economic well-being is to reward productive economic activity and to provide a moderate and predictable growth of money to finance real economic growth without reigniting the fires of inflation.

Trade brings freedom and well-being for all.

Historically, corporate aversion to politics has at times held firm even under national leadership that threatens the health of the economy, and with it the well-being of every company.

Other countries are developing well-being economies - we should do the same. That is the way to create a society which would stand the test of time - for everyone.

The success of Boston's economy is intertwined with the health and well-being of every neighborhood.

The American people need to know that money is being used effectively because frankly, the nation can't afford careless spending, no matter how well-intentioned.