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The Pentagon budget, like all government spending, is an expression of priorities.

~Alex Pareene

Topics: Budget Expression Government Government Spending Like Pentagon Priorities Spending

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I think anybody who looks at my record will say I've been trying to cut government spending and make government live more like families do.

~Ander Crenshaw

Topics: Anybody Been Cut Families Government Government Spending Like Live Looks Make More Record Say Spending Think Trying Who Will I Think

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Maryland needs someone in Congress who will fight to create jobs, stop out-of-control government spending and defend small businesses.

~Andrew P. Harris

Topics: Businesses Congress Create Defend Fight Government Government Spending Jobs Maryland Needs Small Small Businesses Someone Spending Stop Who Will

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What I'm not saying is that all government spending is bad. It's not - far, far from it, but there is no free lunch, as a former colleague of mine used to say. There is no public tooth fairy. Father Christmas does not work on the Treasury staff this year. You can never bail someone out of trouble without putting someone else into trouble.

~Arthur Laffer

Topics: Bad Bail Christmas Colleague Does Else Fairy Far Father Former Free Free Lunch Government Government Spending Lunch Mine Never Out Public Putting Say Saying Someone Spending Staff Tooth Treasury Trouble Used Without Work Year You

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Government spending is taxation. When you look at this, I've never heard of a poor person spending himself into prosperity; let alone I've never heard of a poor person taxing himself into prosperity.

~Arthur Laffer

Topics: Alone Government Government Spending Heard Himself Look Never Person Poor Prosperity Spending Taxation Taxing You

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I think that when we look out with our underfunded liabilities and our national debt over $14 trillion, I think if we are part of that movement to get our government spending under control, I think that would be a tremendous legacy to leave.

~Ben Quayle

Topics: Control Debt Get Government Government Spending Leave Legacy Look Movement National National Debt Our Out Over Part Spending Think Tremendous Trillion Would I Think

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The story of Detroit's bankruptcy was simple enough: Allow capitalism to grow the city, campaign against income inequality, tax the job creators until they flee, increase government spending in order to boost employment, promise generous pension plans to keep people voting for failure. Rinse, wash and repeat.

~Ben Shapiro

Topics: Against Allow Bankruptcy Boost Campaign Capitalism City Creators Detroit Employment Enough Failure Flee Generous Government Government Spending Grow Income Income Inequality Increase Inequality Job Keep Order Pension People Plans Promise Repeat Simple Spending Story Tax Until Voting Wash

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Many conservatives were openly angry with the Bush administration over enormous government spending and the chaos in Iraq. I don't see as much independent thinking on the left, where President Obama is rarely criticized by his acolytes.

~Bill O'Reilly

Topics: Administration Angry Bush Bush Administration Chaos Conservatives Criticized Enormous Government Government Spending His Independent Iraq Left Many Much Obama Openly Over President President Obama Rarely See Spending Thinking Were Where

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Government spending is being restrained, the economy is making progress and moving forward, and the pro-growth, tax cutting policies put in place have allowed businesses to grow, which has brought in additional tax revenue to help pay off the debt.

~Bill Shuster

Topics: Additional Allowed Being Brought Businesses Cutting Debt Economy Forward Government Government Spending Grow Help Making Moving Moving Forward Off Pay Place Policies Progress Put Restrained Revenue Spending Tax Which

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MoveOn loves government. It remains enamored of government spending as fuel for its liberal agenda; and anything that threatens to close that spigot in any degree is perceived as a dire threat - worthy of Chicken-Little warnings that the sky is going to fall.

~Bob Barr

Topics: Agenda Any Anything Close Degree Dire Enamored Fall Fuel Going Government Government Spending Liberal Loves Perceived Remains Sky Spending Threat Threatens Warnings Worthy

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