Quotes About Economy

The White House isn't the place to learn how to deal with international crisis, the balance of power, war and peace, and the economic future of the next generation.

All we're getting from the Democratic majority in Congress and from this White House is more bailouts, more spending, more planned stimulus, more deficits and debt, and the American people have had it.

Democrats were quick to point out that President Bush's budget creates a 1 trillion dollar deficit. The White House quickly responded with 'Hey, look over there, it's Saddam Hussein.'

Page one of any economic plan to get America working is to give a pink slip to the current resident in the White House.

American families be warned, if the White House doesn't send your jobs overseas, they'll send your kids.

The White House doesn't create jobs. The government together - White House, Congress - creates policies that allow for greater job creation.

Whether it was his ability to turn around the Massachusetts economy or turn around businesses in the private sector, Mitt Romney has demonstrated the leadership that we need in the White House to get the country on the right track.

When you work in the White House you talk to the White House staff all day, so you're talking to the guy who handles the congressional liaison and the guy who's handling domestic politics and the guy who's handling the American economy and so forth.

When I worked in the White House for President Carter, we tried to do comprehensive tax reform and we made some progress, and other presidents have as well.

I've always believed that immigration reform is important, but it won't decide the White House in 2016. The most important issue for Hispanics - just like with all Americans - is the economy. If Republicans can do a better job of articulating positive, conservative policies to grow our economy, we will do better with Hispanics.

According to the White House, the president's proposed 2016-2017 spending would add - get this - $62 billion to the deficit.

We have to build further on the collaboration with business and labor to restore confidence and prevent an investment downgrade.

I think millennials are a generation that's a little bit behind, maybe four or five years behind the previous generation, as far as when they buy a house.

Previous governments, particularly the one before I took over, mismanaged the economy quite badly.

Three years after the four deepest previous recessions began - in 1953, 1957, 1973 and 1981 - employment was on average 4.7% higher than the pre-recession peak.

People want economy and they will pay any price to get it.

About 75% of the price of gas is really dictated by crude oil. At the heart of the issue is increasing demand over a period of many years around the world. World crude oil consumption now is close to 90 million barrels a day. Most of the growth in demand is coming from China and the developing world.

I don't believe in paying full price for clothing.

Not an old woman that buys a paper of pins, without yielding a part of the price to the banks as interest!

I need to know the price of a gallon of milk and a dozen eggs. I need to know right now.

I mean, price is price. It's just where you want to spend your money.

As the price of gas goes up, people will become more conscience of how much they use.

I don't think we're going to see the price of oil going down in the near future, that's the reality.

We should ban banks from risk-taking because society is going to pay the price.