Chris Edwards Budgets Quotations

If it is only short-term money I think the budget can handle that.

Current budget procedures stack the deck in favor of program expansion without regard to the burdens imposed on current or future taxpayers.

Roth IRA funds come from after-tax money, ... The change wouldn't cause a budget loss in the short-term, which would please those concerned about the deficit.

There's not going to be any details, ... They don't want the budget accounting to get in the way of the message ... of the benefits (of overhauling Social Security).

There's not going to be any details. They don't want the budget accounting to get in the way of the message ... of the benefits (of overhauling Social Security).

The federal government doesn't have the money. The rebuilding money should come from state and local budgets. States should issue bonds for long-term investments for freeways and the like. ... They should look at innovative private financing mechanisms.