Henry Paulson Quotes

Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was - by a taxpayer.

As Americans, we shouldn't like bailouts. Where I come from, if someone takes a risk and they're going to make the profit from that risk, they shouldn't have the taxpayer pay for the losses.

Every penny we spend comes from the taxpayer. We thus owe it to the taxpayer to work as hard managing that money wisely as the taxpayer must do to earn it in the first place.

As President, I will end once and for all the use of taxpayer funds to promote the National Endowment for the Arts and other programs that subsidize amoral and degrading activities.

Taking away the risk from the financial sector and taking it on to the public shoulders is not the right approach.

I believe - we all pay taxes. I'm happy to pay it, but I hate to have it abused, money wasted, no accountability. That's going to bother you.

Being willing to donate the taxpayers' money is not the same as being willing to put your own money where your mouth is.

But what shouldn't happen is, you shouldn't have the taxpayers from states that are managing their situations well paying for those states that are not.

A boatload of government money is indeed a gift. Unless, I suppose, you're one of the saps paying for the cargo.

My slogan when I ran was that there is no such thing as government money, there is only taxpayer's money, and that cut pretty deep.

The American people are willing to invest their money (taxes) in things that work.

New Jersey is not going to give the money earned by average taxpayers to millionaire sports owners and give government subsidies to sports teams.

I don't go to the federal government and say, 'Fund my program.'

The IRS isn't the only agency using taxpayer dollars for big bonuses.

Washington Democrats see the IRS' overextended resources and automatically think the answer is to take and spend more of your tax dollars. I disagree.

We have a responsibility to be responsible stewards of tax dollars.

Taxpayers should not be on the hook for subsidizing former presidents' lives to the tune of millions of dollars.

We can't constantly explain to our voters that taxpayers have to be on the hook for certain risks, rather than those who make a lot of money taking those risks.

Government does not have basic business sense.

We want public services but we do not want to pay for them

With Government funding comes regulation.

Taxes are not good things, but if you want services, somebody's got to pay for them, so they're a necessary evil

The Pentagon says that they are too big to be audited. That’s an insult. They spend $700 billion a year. They need to be audited.

The American people want more from government than they are willing to pay for in taxes.

Congress is not an ATM