Ludwig von Mises Quotes

If we don't get a grip on government spending, there will be no growth.

We've got to start worrying about America. And if we don't start dealing with the debt we have and the deficit spending we have in Washington, politics doesn't matter, because the American people do realize that they have to balance their budgets.

The harsh truth is that if the policy isn’t hurting it isn’t working. I know there is a difficult period ahead but the important thing is that we cannot and must not fudge the determination to stop inflation in its tracks.

The debt ceiling is not something to toy with.

We gotta control inflation, quit spending our money on everything. But this years tax increase, why it's the biggest in history.

There's no reason to raise taxes. Taxes should be lower... The problem we have is that government spends too much, not that taxes are too low.

I think growing an economy is a good way to help with a deficit, but ultimately, it's about fiscal discipline and responsible spending - and smart decisions.

The benefit of appointing a hawkish central banker is the increased inflation-fighting credibility that such an appointment brings.

Restore, without delay, the equilibrium between revenue and expenditures, which has done so much to destroy our credit and derange the whole fabric of government. If that should not be done, the government and country will be involved, ere long, in overwhelming difficulties.

Sequestration was not designed to be anyone's ideal method for getting our hands around government spending, and it certainly isn't mine.

Our first priority has to be getting our fiscal house in order - and creating an atmosphere for the private sector in job creation.

There is a very serious fiscal-policy question of, 'Are we running our overall fiscal policy such that we as a government can pay our bills?'

Our priority must be to build a path towards balancing the budget, and we cannot tolerate growing deficits.

When the economy is growing, there's a lot that can be done to deal with the deficit.

I believe Nebraskans appreciate the fiscal discipline I've brought to state government, balancing the budget without raising taxes and prioritizing education funding.

Instead of focusing on growing jobs and reigniting our economy, President Obama focused on growing government and tried to remake the United States into the image of the debt-laden countries of Europe. His approach has been more spending, more regulation, and higher taxes.

It is the policy of the federal government to use all resources at its disposal to make our financial system stronger.

The debt ceiling at some point has to be raised. I don't think there's anybody that questions the fact that if we ended up getting in a situation where the U.S. government was sending out IOUs like the state of California did at one point, that ends up creating quite a brand problem for our country.

As a fiscal conservative, I believe one of the most important roles the federal government can play in assuring that our economy remains strong is to keep our fiscal house in order.

Monetary discipline forces fiscal discipline on the politicians as well.

As long as we're focused on spending, there are only two ways to do that: One is spend less, and Democrats have no solutions for that. Or we have pro-growth policies that make the economy grow so the dead-weight cost of government becomes a smaller percentage of the economy and therefore less expensive.

The more we can do to address fiscal austerity, the better our markets will do, and there is a real political shift to doing that.

The debt ceiling serves no useful purpose.

The first order of business is the elimination of the annual deficit.

I don't see why anybody's playing chicken with the debt ceiling.