#ono

People have no confidence that Washington, both sides of aisle, are coming together to try and do what's right for the economy. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#both #both sides #coming #confidence #economy

Well, you have the public not wanting any new spending, you have the Republicans not wanting any new taxes, you have the Democrats not wanting any new spending cuts, you have the markets not wanting any new borrowing, and you have the economists wanting all of the above. And that leads to paralysis. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#any #borrowing #cuts #democrats #economists

If ignorance paid dividends, most Americans could make a fortune out of what they don't know about economics. ↗

— Luther H. Hodges

#could #dividends #economics #fortune #ignorance

Successful technologies often begin as hobbies. Jacques Cousteau invented scuba diving because he enjoyed exploring caves. The Wright brothers invented flying as a relief from the monotony of their normal business of selling and repairing bicycles. ↗

— Freeman Dyson

#begin #bicycles #brothers #business #caves

Marriages are under strain today in terms of economics. There are social cross-currents. We see failed marriages. But it is not under attack by our gay and lesbian citizens. ↗

— Earl Blumenauer

#citizens #economics #failed #gay #lesbian

We can no longer afford the war in Iraq. Our financial costs have already passed a third of a trillion dollars; the lifetime costs for this war, in both human and economic terms, will be borne by Americans for generations to come. ↗

— Earl Blumenauer

#already #borne #both #come #costs

At the same time, Clinton was doing a lot things right, like the economy. ↗

— Sidney Blumenthal

#doing #economy #like #lot #right

Clinton took very tough decisions on the economy. ↗

— Sidney Blumenthal

#decisions #economy #took #tough #tough decisions

It was an absurd theory that by cutting taxes you would increase government revenues, because the growth of the economy would create an overflow of taxes that would fall into the government coffers. ↗

— Sidney Blumenthal

#because #create #cutting #economy #fall

The conservative argument is that the economy is like the weather, that it just operates automatically. ↗

— Sidney Blumenthal

#automatically #conservative #economy #just #like