Louise Slaughter Quotes

I think to balance the budget, probably every federal department has to take cuts in my opinion.

When businesses face tough times, one of the first items they cut is overhead expenses. The government should do the same.

What you don't do, if you're an adult, is decide that you're going to budget things through a sequester. What does that word have to do with budgeting? It's like if you have a family budget and go, 'We really don't know what to take out economically from the budget, so we're going to whack out protein for this week.'

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

I've always argued, unsuccessfully, that there's no point in giving money to the arts unless you educate people in them.

That's the reason support for the National Endowment of the Arts is so important. It enables those ventures that aren't viable commercially to be done.

The revenue you take in should be enough to cover the revenue that you spend and go beyond that to get a reserve. In order to do that we [in California] need cuts and pension reforms, and taxes.

Contrary to … conventional wisdom, the consequence of past U. S. Defense cuts were not bad …. austerity can be useful in forcing Washington to think strategically, something it rarely does when times are flush.

Austerity [in the Defense Department] meant that risks had to be managed, not eliminated.

The arts are usually the first thing to be cut in schools or regional programs.

Programs that bring the arts to young kids are always the first to be cut. It's mind-boggling to me.

Disgracefully, the arts have too often borne the brunt of short-sighted cuts to educational budgets.

The arts need funding.

You can't punish the middle classes for going to drama school - you need to punish the education system and the associative governments for devaluing the arts.

I think, in this country, we have a problem where we view the arts as charity, and therefore, it has no value. Things in America that have value are profitable, and unless you are profitable, we don't know where to put you.

Austerity has led us to a terrible philosophy where we think we've got to cut back on everything that's 'frippery', like the arts.

I'm coming to Washington, D.C., to do the people's work. And the people's work has to do with reducing spending and cutting budgets and, and trying to get a grip on the size of government.

So what it boils down to, in my humble opinion, is that we need to support the arts in schools, and at every other level in the education of children.

You know, even people who talk about cutting spending and they go 'That's not the spending that I was actually talking about that you're supposed to be cutting.' Well, we have to be looking across the board.

I don't buy into this, 'Oh, poor us. We've got tough budget problems.'

It's great that 'Glee' is making viewers more aware of the arts. People appreciate it.

As American families and businesses have been forced to tighten their belts, Washington has refused to do the same.

Funding for sports (and the arts) are often the first things facing the chop in difficult times.

As Indiana's governor, I balanced eight budgets, never raised taxes, and left the largest surplus in state history. It wasn't always easy. Cuts had to be made and some initiatives deferred. Occasionally I had to say 'no.'

It is not true that I oppose government funding of the arts.