Fiscally Quotes

The reason I became a Republican is because (Dwight D. Eisenhower) was running. A hero from World War II, a charismatic individual, a military man, a non-attorney - even then I liked that! I was a very young person voting for the first time. A lot of people joke that a conservative is a liberal who`s made his first $100,000 and then decides,"Wait a second, I want to save this, why are they taxing it away?". Today the country`s in kind of a turmoil over taxing. Being raised in the thirties, watching my parents work hard to make ends meet, with jobs scarce, and then the war years - it tends to make a person a little more fiscally conscious than if you`ve been born into a wealthier family. You know, if you go to most people who are self-made and ask them what their political philosophy is, usually they`re a little more conservative than people who had a better start.

I`m a Republican only as far as I want a smaller government, I want less government intrusion, I want them to stop pissing on my money and your money, the tax dollars that we give 50 percent of, or 40 percent of, every year, and I want them to be fiscally responsible, and I want these goddamn lobbyists out of Washington. Do that and I`ll say I`m a Republican. But other than that, I want the government to take care of people who need help, like the kids in foster care, the half a million kids who are in orphanages right now - they call them foster homes, but they`re orphanages. I want them to take care of the elderly and give them free medicine, give them whatever they need. There`s tons, billions and billions of dollars that are just being wasted. Okay? I hate government. I`m apolitical. Write that down: I`m not a Republican.

Just like families must live within their budgets, the Federal Government must live within its means. We have passed appropriations bills that have been fiscally responsible while recognizing our national priorities.

It just doesn`t seem like it`s fiscally responsible to go out and build another high school that will only be in use for 10 years.

Spending and tax cut decisions must be both fiscally responsible and fair to our working families. I believe that fiscal responsibility is the way to create prosperity for America and secure the retirement of America`s seniors.

I think that we have a responsibility to make certain that we are fiscally responsible in order to assure, frankly, future generations don`t have to pay our bills.

The truth is the Republican leadership has created a credit card Congress that is recklessly selling out the future of America, our children and our grandchildren, and President Bush is the most fiscally irresponsible President in the history of America.

Today`s tax cuts provide yet another illustration of the Republicans` fiscally irresponsible economic policies that ignore the needs of America`s middle class, students, and working families.

Social Security modernization will result in a retirement system that is stronger and more fiscally sound than the pay-as-you-go system we have today.

I think they`re a group that has a fiscally conservative bent and they`re trying to do what is right, but to my knowledge, unless I`ve missed something, they have not imposed anything over and above the laws of California.