Fiscal Constraints Quotes

The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of everyone else's money.

Every government has a fixed budget and demands of all sectors have to be fulfilled in that amount.

If taxpayer money were limitless, we wouldn't need a budget at all.

We don't have enough money to rebuild our own country if we're rebuilding everyone else's countries.

Why should a city be mandated to do something by the federal government or state government without the money to do it?

Each dollar taxed and spent deprives Americans of the freedom to make their own choices.

The people ask much, often more than any government can give. We must resist the temptation to promise solutions to all problems.

Budget drives everything that we do.

Especially today, given the tight fiscal situation that many States and localities face, the use of transportation facilities that pay for themselves without additional Federal funding is essential.

Unfortunately the Republican tax cut will deny important revenues to many states facing their own deficits. This will create greater pressure for higher state and local taxes.

When you're governor, you've got to step up to the plate; you've got to make a proposal for a balanced budget. That's the requirement. And then you've got to sit down and negotiate if the folks that you need to work with disagree with you on points.

When the government is trying to penny-pinch and, at the same time, trying to keep a defense expenditure and so forth, which are regarded as quote unquote essential, the education is regarded inessential.

It is dangerous to play politics with the Budget.

I understand all the problems for the Ministry of Defence, of course I do; working within a budget and trying to do so many things is not easy.

But, you know, all I can do is submit my budget and then make the case to the Legislature to act.

Well, you have the public not wanting any new spending, you have the Republicans not wanting any new taxes, you have the Democrats not wanting any new spending cuts, you have the markets not wanting any new borrowing, and you have the economists wanting all of the above. And that leads to paralysis.

Tell the President [Jimmy Carter] not to appoint [Paul A.] Volcker [as Federal Reserve Chairman.] If he appoints Volcker, he will be mortgaging his re-election to the Federal Reserve.

We can't afford to lose control of our own borders or to take on new financial burdens at a time when we are not adequately providing for the jobs, the health care and the education of our own people.

Real vision demands that we make tough choices. Real vision is responsible and it is paid for.

Addressing budget issues is usually a balancing act in which cuts are weighed against revenue increases to find the best solution for the state.

There was no avoiding the fact that we were going to hit our debt ceiling.

Just like families must live within their budgets, the Federal Government must live within its means. We have passed appropriations bills that have been fiscally responsible while recognizing our national priorities.

I inherited a sick economy and passed on a sound one. But one abiding regret for me is that, in between, I did not have the resources to put in place the educational and social changes about which I cared to much; I made only a beginning, and it was not enough.

We have also seen an economic crisis that is very serious within Venezuela, we are seeing cutbacks, I believe even more are coming in terms of electricity. Government employees no longer work on Fridays, and that has not been enough.

A behemoth budget does not mean there is much discretion in allocating it.