Taxpayer Value Quotes

We are not spending the Federal Government's money, we are spending the taxpayer's money, and it must be spent n a way which guarantees his money's worth and yields the fullest possible benefit to the people being helped.

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.

We have a responsibility to be responsible stewards of tax dollars.

The CARFA Act is about accountability in the federal government: making sure that taxpayers are getting their money's worth and not being defrauded. This is a bipartisan concept, and it is worthy of broad support across the Congress.

I understand that government should live within its means, value the money it holds in trust from you the taxpayer, avoid waste and, above all else, observe the first maxim of good government: namely, do no avoidable harm.

I'm a pro-choice candidate and I support marriage equality - my brother is actually gay and married. But I'm a pretty hard-headed guy when it comes to the budget and whether you're getting a bang for your buck.

Being a fiscal conservative is not about slashing programs that help the poor, or improve health care, or ensure a social safety net. It's about insisting services are provided efficiently, get to only the people that need them, and achieve the desired results. Fiscal conservatives have hearts too — but we also insist on using our brains, and that means demanding results and holding government accountable for producing them

I'm very conscious that I have to, as Premier of this state, make sure we spend taxpayers' money wisely.

It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for.

Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was - by a taxpayer.

There is no reason why government should not be as efficient as any good business.

Since his election, President Trump has made clear that he and his administration will be focusing on ensuring that the government is a smart buyer, getting the most for the taxpayer's dollar.

Efficiency in government is a more elusive concept than efficiency in the private economy, which may be measured relatively easily as output per units of input. What is the government's 'output?'

What I don't want to become numb to is wasting those taxpayer dollars.

I believe that as public servants, we have a shared goal - to deliver to Americans the service they deserve and expect.

We know that from the GI Bill after the Second World War, where Congress found that for every dollar we put in as taxpayers into free higher education for returning GIs, we got back $7 for every dollar invested. An enormous return on our money in public benefits and improved revenue.

At the end of the day, I think the most conservative principle there is, is giving people a dollar worth of value for a dollar worth of tax paid.

Taxpayers should be able to see where their money is being spent and what impact it is having.

The American people expect their government to manage their hard-earned tax dollars responsibly.

Taxpayers need to know if they are getting value for their tax dollar.

I do think there are some irreducible inefficiencies in government. But we still need to have government; we still need to make government effective if we can.

I have long believed taxpayers make better use of their money than the government ever could.

My goal is to give our taxpayers greater access and visibility into how their taxpayer dollars are being spent.

I don't really care if you're a Republican or Democrat or you want to fight about the size of government. How about a government that just works? Put your tax dollar in and get a return out the other end.

The American people are willing to invest their money (taxes) in things that work.