Quico Canseco Quotes

Government intervention only hurts; it doesn't help.

Either you believe in markets, or you believe in government.

Conservatives brayed that government should stay out of the private sector; liberals bleated for nationalizing the banks.

What got us out of the depression was capitalism, and we would have gotten out a lot quicker had the government not intervened.

I was a Republican because I thought that those were the people who best supported markets. I think that is not true anymore. I was a Republican at a time when I felt like there was a problem that the markets were under a lot more strain. It worried me whether or not the government played too activist a role.

The remarkable fact is not how much government does to control economic activity, but how much it does not do.

While I am a fervent believer in free markets and limited government, there are rare instances in which government involvement is necessary.

Republicans believe largely in the market working, Democrats believe stereotypically that you've got to give people something. So why not give people a chance to let the market work for them.

I am not someone who tends to advocate for increased government involvement in the private sector.

We want a market economy without any adjectives. Any compromises with that will only fuzzy up the problems we have.

It is a fallacy to think that politicians and bureaucrats are smart enough to manage the economy.

The issue is always the same: the government or the market. There is no third solution.

Nationalizing businesses, nationalizing banks, is not a solution for the democratic party, it's the objective.

I would prefer the [USA] government to be the policeman and not the businessman.

Conservatives want smaller government. They want to focus on market-based solutions wherever one can. They want to have as little regulation as possible. But in general, they recognize that government must play an important role for a society to operate.

We no longer have a free market in the United States, we have a government controlled free market.

I think the market driven economic system is the most productive system, but to have that work in the world, you've got to also have social investments to go along with that.

However, leaving everything to the market is not necessarily good for society.

We cannot separate politics from economics.

Regulation of private enterprise and not Government ownership or operation is the course rightly to be pursued in our relation to business.

Less Government in Business and More Business in Government

We are on the our way to a free market economy. Regardless of the mistakes and omissions, the government has managed to implement a firm and consistent economic policy. Regardless of how incomplete it still is, the transition to free market relations and democracy has become irreversible.

The best thing that governments can do is get out of business. When governments interfere less, managers can do their jobs better.

… governments must serve capitalism by establishing and maintain a framework which enables capitalism to develop. It can induce it to grow, but cannot command it to do so.

We feel that the government should not interfere too much in private sector.