Fiscal Quotes

You can change the names on the ballot, but you don't change the issues. The issues are going to stay the same: homeland security, fiscal responsibility, education and health care. - Nick Lampson

Yeah, sort of good. I mean, there's a split in the Republican Party. Republicans used to be, once upon a time, for fiscal conservatism, and there are a few of those left, and they're starting to murmur more, and, you know, people forget Ronald Reagan raised taxes, you know, he cut taxes, but then he raised taxes. George Bush, the father, raised taxes. It's not, there's no law in the Bible that says a Republican can never raise taxes. - Evan Thomas

Without safe streets, our fiscal problem will be compounded many times over. - Mike Bloomberg

Without a doubt, first thing we should do is clean up our fiscal house, and that starts with balancing our budgets and digging out of this red ink. We cannot expect to continue in this fashion and remain the leader of the free world. - Marcy Kaptur

With the war over, energy prices declining, and fiscal and monetary stimulus already pumped into the system, I'm with Alan Greenspan in expecting that the economy now will begin to perk up. - Bill Cheney

With the litigation behind us, we're looking forward to building on the momentum we're seeing in early (fiscal) 2007. - Jim Balsillie

With the high demand for long term care and in the wake of the worst natural disaster in history, cutting $10 billion from Medicaid for the sake of reconciliation is both socially and fiscally irresponsible, ... We need Medicaid now more than ever. - Carolyn McCarthy

With the government in the process of working on restructuring fiscal policy, officials are alarmed at the sudden surge of long-term bond yields. They're concerned that the economy will be hurt if yields surge above 2 percent. - Ryota Sakagami

With the film legislation, it levels the playing field for us. We're close enough fiscally. Then it becomes location, and what else can we offer them? - Steven Feinberg