Federal Spending Quotes

• Californians are worried about whether they will have a job along with ballooning federal spending and deficits.

  Carly Fiorina

  Jobs, Worried, Californians

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• Whether it's called 'compassionate conservatism' or 'big government Republicanism,' after years of record increases in federal spending, more government is now the accepted Republican philosophy in Washington.

  Mike Pence

  Philosophy, Government, Years

  "Reagan vs. Bush: Federal Spending and Budget Deficits" by John McIntyre, www.realclearpolitics.com. February 17, 2006.

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• Only dramatic cuts in the federal deficit, a rollback of regulations that cripple small and community banks, a cancellation of future tax increase plans, a big reduction in federal spending, repeal of Obamacare, freeing manufacturing from the prospect of carbon taxation and unleashing out domestic energy potential can solve our problems. But Obama is not about to undo his legacy of disaster for the American people.

  Dick Morris

  Cutting, Obamacare, People

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• It seems that nearly every American either has a share of federal spending or has a close relative who does.

  Trent Lott

  Doe, Share, Spending

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• Cut defense spending as part of cutting all federal spending.

  Rand Paul

  Cutting, Defense, Spending

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• Expose widespread waste and duplication in federal spending.

  Tom Coburn

  Waste, Spending, Duplication

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• Roll back federal spending to 2008 levels.

  Rand Paul

  Levels, Spending

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• You know, it doesn't take a genius in the private sector to know that you can save literally hundreds of billions of dollars in federal spending if you can make it more responsive. That's the main job.

  Darrell Issa

  Jobs, Dollars, Genius

  "State of the Union" with Candy Crowley, cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. January 2, 2011.

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• I regard reduction in Federal spending as one of the most important issues in this campaign. In my opinion it is the most direct and effective contribution that Government can make to business.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Issues, Government, Important

  Franklin D. Roosevelt's campaign address on the Federal Budget in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (October 19, 1932), as quoted in "The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1928-1932" (p. 809), 1938.

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• Redirect federal spending aimed at fulfilling the terms of the increasingly irrelevant Kyoto Protocol.

  Stephen Harper

  Kyoto Protocol, Spending, Term

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• The country is facing a fiscal crisis, and the United States Senate is at the center of the debate about how to bring federal spending under control.

  Jeff Flake

  Country, United States, Debate

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• Federal spending is atrocious.

  Jason Chaffetz

  Spending

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• In fact, entitlement spending on programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security make up 54% of federal spending, and spending is projected to double within the next decade. Medicare is growing by 9% annually, and Medicaid by 8% annually.

  Jim Ryun

  Growing, Next, Facts

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• Ultimately, my proposal isn't intended to increase or decrease the amount of federal spending spent on antipoverty programs.

  Marco Rubio

  Dream, Proposal, Program

  "Marco Rubio's 'American Dreams': 10 key quotes" by James Hohmann, www.politico.com. January 09, 2015.

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• Since President Obama assumed office three years ago, federal spending has accelerated at a pace without precedent in recent history.

  Mitt Romney

  Years, Office, President

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• In a clean break from the Obama years, and frankly from the years before this president, we will keep federal spending at 20 percent of GDP, or less. That is enough. The choice is whether to put hard limits on economic growth, or hard limits on the size of government, and we choose to limit government.

  Paul Ryan

  Years, Gdp, Government

  Republican National Convention VP Nomination Acceptance, delivered 29 August 2012, Tampa, Florida

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• Mr. Obama plans to boost federal spending 25 percent while nearly tripling the national debt over 10 years. Americans know that this kind of spending will have economic consequences, including new taxes being imposed by the new progressives.

  Karl Rove

  Years, Debt, Kind

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• Under the administration of George W. Bush, you will recall, federal spending grew pretty significantly. At the same time, the number of people directly employed by the federal government shrank. One of the factors that explained the difference was contracting.

  Thomas Frank

  Government, Differences, Numbers

  "Obama Takes On Market-Based Government" by Thomas Frank, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 11, 2009.

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• I sense that conservatives have largely already tuned out to the coming elections, after six years of burgeoning federal spending and inaction on key issues, such as immigration. The Republican Party has become the party of the government status quo, and conservatives see no reason to reward it with their votes.

  Bob Barr

  Party, Keys, Government

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