Tim Walberg Quotes

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.

While I can see how the government has, at times, wasted taxpayers' money, and I can admit that too often its programs are ineffective, I also can see the good that government does.

The debate on how to shrink the federal government is at the core of our problem of government not doing its job.

Keeping a lid on taxes is not just good for the taxpayer. It's a powerful way to force government to be more accountable, set priorities and spend smarter. Let me repeat that: more accountable, set priorities and spend smarter - that's what we need to be about.

The real goal should be reduced government spending, rather than balanced budgets achieved by ever rising tax rates to cover ever rising spending.

My goal is to cut government in half in twenty-five years, to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub.

We should distinguish carefully skepticism about Big Government from contempt for all government.

While we may argue about the size of government, the Republican Party has not been a party that says, 'I want to destroy government.'

I promised to empower the taxpayer - instead of a handful of big government union bosses.

Most Americans recognize that whatever the government program is, no matter how essential it is, it's waste.

As a fiscal conservative, I think that our government should pay for itself.

From cutting back on state contracts to reducing the number of state cars, We're making state government smaller, smarter, more efficient, and more accountable.

Limited government, low taxes, controlled spending and debt, and a restrained regulatory environment make Texas work.

Concerns about the size and role of government are what seem to leave reformers stammering and speechless in town-hall meetings. The right wants to have a debate over fundamental principles; elected Democrats seem incapable of giving it to them.

The government is just too big, and we have to make it smaller; people are getting lost.

I don’t want to eliminate government. I just want to shrink it down to the size that you can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the tub.

I don’t want to kill the government. I just want to shrink it down to a small enough size that I can flush it down the toilet.

The problem is that the energy in the Republican Party today is not directed at how to make government work better. It is directed against government.

Much worse than the unavoidable inefficiencies of large government is the failure to fund the government we need.

There are always ways to make government better, always ways to make sure that the taxes of people are better spent.

Fortunately, good policy, true principles, and effective leadership work whenever they are tried. When we reduce government, balance budgets, and keep taxes as low as possible, states respond in a positive way.

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

And I just think that we're at a point in our economic life here in our state - and - and, candidly, across the country, where increased taxes is just the wrong way to go. The people of our state are not convinced that state government, county government, local government has done all they can with the money we already give them, rather than the money that we have...

Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.

I run a taxpayer group - the most powerful guy in D.C., nonsense. OK? There are buildings with thousands of people in them, all lobbying for more spending and higher levels of spending and more government commitments. And there are a handful - a handful of groups that fight for less spending.