Subsidies Quotes

I am a free market Republican. I am against subsidies, in most cases. — Rudy Giuliani

Our existing media system today is the direct result of government laws and subsidies that created it. — Robert McChesney

Most of the men and women who vote in Congress each year to continue subsidies have taken campaign donations from big energy companies. — Bill McKibben

Far too many businesses have been all too eager to lobby for maintaining and increasing subsidies and mandates paid by taxpayers and consumers. — Charles Koch

My house is solar powered. I tell Republicans, 'You can hate the subsidies - I hate the subsidies, too - but you can't hate solar panels.' — Thomas Massie

You ever notice how the folks who talk loudest about small government always seem to live in the states with the biggest subsidies? — Lee Child

Subsidies create more of whatever is being subsidized. — Llewellyn Rockwell

Subsidies are a shell game, not a net addition to national wealth. — Thomas Sowell

Energy markets can be thought of as suffering from appendicitis due to fossil fuel subsidies. They need to be removed for a healthy energy economy. — Fatih Birol

Giving subsidies is a two-edged sword. Once you give it, it's very hard to take away subsidies. There's a political cost to taking away subsidies. — Najib Razak

Ex-Presidents of the United States get state subsidies. Not so in Russia. You get no government support. — Mikhail Gorbachev

Private charity discourages poverty while public subsidies encourage it. — James Cook

If Federal Reserve loans are subsidies, it doesn't show up in the federal budget. — Elizabeth Warren

Giving the banks free interest loans is like the government subsidizing the banks. That's crazy! — Kenneth Eade

Subsidies are hugely important; they represent America's de facto energy policy. — Jeff Goodell

It's a vain hope to believe that people will voluntarily turn their back on government subsidies. — James Cook

The correlation between poverty and obesity can be traced to agricultural policies and subsidies. — Michael Pollan

Subsidies have changed the way the nation behaves. — James Cook

I love when problems have simple solutions. Cold medicine. Umbrellas. Condoms. Tax incentives & subsidies attracting favored industries. — Greg Fitzsimmons

I don't owe my success to state subsidies but to a faithful public which has sustained me. — Eric Rohmer

The government should move towards supporting aspirations and not entitlement. Subsidies supporting non-productive growth should be reduced. — Uday Kotak

Government does the least good and the most harm through subsidies. — James Cook

We need to cut subsidy leakages, not subsidies themselves. — Narendra Modi

Just 8% of the $409bn spent on fossil-fuel subsidies in 2010 went to the poorest 20% of the population. — Fatih Birol

Procurement is a major technique of state subsidy. — Noam Chomsky

Today, India's cooking gas subsidy is the world's largest Cash Transfer Programme. — Narendra Modi

I'm ashamed that Congress finds billions for pork-barrel subsidies but fails to find money for veterans' health care. — John McCain

The ultimate objective of subsidies should be to empower the poor, to break the cycle of poverty, and become foot-soldiers in our war on poverty. — Narendra Modi

I promised to have no partisan affiliation and no subsidy except advertising. — Benjamin Day

Government subsidies to elite private universities take the form of tax deductions for people who make charitable contributions to them. — Robert Reich

Rich people who own mansions on the beach shouldn't get federal subsidies. If you want to stay there, take the risk. — Geraldo Rivera