Quotes About Economy

If you can, put aside for a moment your opinion of Donald Trump's words and actions and let's be perfectly honest: One year into his presidency, could the economy be any rosier?

When President Kirchner complains, I often sympathise with him, because Argentina was deindustrialised, and it is perfectly normal for the president of a country to try to get industry back.

Barack Obama is the most antibusiness president in a generation, perhaps in American history.

I think back a little bit when President Bush was elected President and what kind of economy he inherited from the Clinton administration. The economy was going down. It was not doing well.

Since President Bush took office, we have lost 3 million more good jobs.

President Bush has said that the economy is growing, that there are jobs out there. But you know, it's a long commute to China to get those jobs.

We are a long way from getting back the jobs lost since President Bush took office.

Jobs are central to the American dream - and President Obama has focused on jobs from day one.

President Obama came into office in '08 with the belief that - and the public's belief in him - that he was moderate, that he wasn't a big spender.

President Obama has basically avoided or not done any attempt to intervene in any positive way in the housing market. I think in the financial crisis that's been a shame.

President Obama has created at least three jobs that I know of - Bob McDonnell, Chris Christie, and Scott Brown.

But this convention is about more than re-nominating President Obama. It's about Americans coming together to build one economy - not from the top down, but from the middle class out and the bottom up.

What made me decide to run was the dire state of the economy and the non-leadership of President Obama. At that point in time, my campaign put a mustache on Obama as part of the national campaign drive.

When President Obama first came into office in 2009, I spent a fair amount of time in Michigan.

I agree with President Trump that we should have an America First trade policy.

The thing I love about President Trump is he's really focused on helping business succeed.

President Trump has had business leaders at the table. He's listening; he's engaging and making decisions that will help us grow the economy and, ultimately, U.S. manufacturing jobs.

On criminal justice reform: Joe Biden couldn't do it, but President Trump did. On the economy: Joe Biden couldn't do it, but President Trump did build an economy that worked for everyone, especially minorities, and he will do it again.

Presidential scandals have traditionally and historically no effect on the market.

Of course, presidents are always blamed or rewarded for the state of the economy.

Presidents must be willing to fight for American jobs and should set a central goal of federal policy of creating an environment that rewards companies for investing here and discourages them from moving abroad.

You want a culture where citizens are free to express themselves and so live in the openness necessary to the functioning of a successful economy? Israel has a free press, much of it openly hostile to the parties in power.

I believe in a real democratic system, with a state of law and freedom of the press. I believe in a free, open-market economy integrated with the world. And I believe in equality of opportunity. Those are my basic beliefs. On top of that, of course, I believe in some moral values.

European museums are all dependent on government financing. The moment European governments are under financial pressure, their budgets are cut.