George Osborne Quotes

The Missourians I hear from just don't buy the idea that the only way to tackle the national debt is to drastically alter Medicare and Social Security.

In order to reduce the deficit, there has to be revenue in addition to cuts.

To deal with entitlements we must either raise taxes, cut benefits, or borrow inordinate amounts of money.

You cannot tackle Britain's debts without tackling the unreformed welfare system.

You just don't see people running through the streets to have the deficit cut.

The way to reduce the deficit is to create jobs and work opportunities so that people will have money with which to pay taxes.

Will some reporter, or some Republican on the Sunday shows, please ask why tax cuts raid the non-existent Social Security Trust Fund but all the Democrats' new spending doesn't? Will someone please ask that?

We are worried about the size of the deficit, which is why the president is pleased that the House and Senate have followed his lead in cutting the deficit in half over the next five years.

When done right - or wrong, depending on how you look at it - deficits remove liberal options from the table. Suddenly there's no money for building bridges or inspecting meat. Not surprisingly, running up a deficit is a strategy favored by the wrecking crew for its liberal-killing properties.

The only way to eliminate the deficit in the long run is through growth.

The American people elected us here to cut spending so we can create an environment for jobs in America. The House has acted. We have demonstrated that we want to see spending, discretionary spending, brought down to levels of 2008. We've seen no counteraction. We have seen no position that has been expressed by the other side at all.

We do ourselves a disservice when some of us cave to the myth that Social Security somehow drives the deficit.

President Obama's call for nearly a half-trillion dollars in more government stimulus when America has more than $14 trillion in debt is guided by his mistaken belief that we can spend our way to prosperity.

In the current law we're seeing Social Security dwindle. And so what we're saying is if we're going to reduce taxes we just want to make sure that there are things within the law that pay for it.

In the past, proactive fiscal polices almost always meant just more investment and an increase in the fiscal deficit.

Mr. Obama plans to boost federal spending 25 percent while nearly tripling the national debt over 10 years. Americans know that this kind of spending will have economic consequences, including new taxes being imposed by the new progressives.

Because Social Security has not contributed to our debt, Americans should be skeptical of any politician who says that benefits Americans have earned must be reduced in order to address our national debt.

In Washington, I will never vote to raise taxes, I will fight to repeal healthcare reform, and I will work to balance the budget.

We've unveiled the most comprehensive reform budget people have seen in a generation.

I found this national debt, doubled, wrapped in a big bow waiting for me as I stepped into the Oval Office.

Clinton took very tough decisions on the economy.

Obama is not only obstructing budget reform; it's almost as if he is trying to make matters worse.

When Republicans say, 'The first thing you do when you do deficit reduction is reduce rates,' it would be like Democrats saying, 'The first thing you do when you do deficit reduction is provide free Medicare at age 55.' We'd like to do that! But it won't bring the deficit down. That's for sure.

I personally don't believe we ought to be raising taxes or cutting spending, either one, until we get this economy off the ground. I'll pay more, but it won't solve the problem.

He [President Ronald Reagan] has tried to balance the budget on the backs of state and local government.