Matt Bevin Quotes

When they talk about belt-tightening in Washington, they are talking about tightening our belts.

I think it's essential that we do more than talk about austerity measures and cutting.

Increased spending, all these favors that we got to do for people - it's got to stop.

In difficult economic times, I'm firmly opposed to austerity.

It's a shame that the president doesn't embrace the effort to reduce spending. None of us like using situations like the sequester or the debt ceiling or the operation of government to try to engage the president to deal with this.

Deficits must be cut, yes, but the rush to austerity risks undermining the fragile global recovery.

Look, I am not worried about Washington cutting too much spending too fast. I mean, the kinds of spending cuts we're talking about just right now are $100 billion out of a $3.7 trillion budget.

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

When you have a country that's been accustomed to government spending at a certain level, it is really hard to ratchet it back.

I've made more cuts than any governor has ever made.

You will see the President being very, very tough on spending.

Economy is demanded in every branch of the government at all times, but especially in periods like the present, of depression in business and distress among the people. The severest economy must be observed in all public expenditures, and extravagance stopped wherever it is found, and prevented wherever in the future it may be developed. If the revenues are to remain as now, the only relief that can come must be from decreased expenditures. But the present must not become the permanent condition of the government.

Europe's younger generation has only experienced austerity.

When I was speaker in North Carolina, the state was gripped with a deficit, and we made a fundamental policy decision to adopt austerity budgets for four years.

'Austerity' is a real weasel word because it's an attempt to make something value-based and abstract out of something which, in reality, consists simply of spending cuts.

I've, we have in this state, like many other states, we're experiencing an enormous budget deficit that we're trying to grapple with. But we will have progress despite the deficits.

No one cuts backs like he did. No one knows what a back is anymore.

Regardless of my legislation, spending has to be stopped.

Sequestration is leverage that should not be given up easily.

When I took over, the economy had almost collapsed. I told Malawians we needed to pass through difficult times. Two days ago I even cut my own salary by 30% to show we are making sacrifices.

To cut the federal budget without cutting entitlements is like giving up chocolate-chip cookies and then deciding it's OK to eat the ones that don't have any nuts.

Whether they run a record company or a grocery store, every boss will tell you you're in big trouble if you're borrowing more than you can ever afford to pay back. Delaying the pain for future generations is suicidal. We've got to start getting the deficit down right now, not next year.

We're going to have to raise revenues in some form or fashion, and we're going to have to cut spending, including entitlements of all kind, including the military. We all know this. Lets get on with it.

Instead of an end to austerity, Labour has made clear that it wants to impose more austerity cuts.

Families and businesses are tightening their belts to make ends meet - and Washington should too.