Keep your eye on one thing and one thing only: how much government is spending, because that’s the true tax.Milton Friedman
Higher taxes will not reduce the deficit, except for a brief interval. They will simply increase government spending. That is the lesson taught by past experiences.Milton Friedman
You know, you cut taxes for the rich sometimes and it sits in a bank account. You cut taxes for the middle class, they will spend the money.Andrew Cuomo
We can spend Rs 5,000 for a meal at the Taj and thousands on all kinds of shopping, but we're always stingy about books. We always think of borrowing. Why? Writers can use some support. If you have space and money, you should buy your own books.Sudha Murty
In this financial year we will be spending at least $1.5 billion on foreign aid and we cannot be sure that this money will be properly spent, as corruption and mismanagement in many of the recipient countries are legend.Pauline Hanson
Taxpayers have long memories, especially when it comes to how their hard-earned money is spent.John Kennedy
And I think the more money you put in people's hands, the more they will spend. And if they don't spend it, they invest it. And investing it is another way of creating jobs. It puts money into mutual funds or other kinds of banks that can go out and make loans, and we need to do that.Michael Bloomberg
The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.Ronald Reagan