Susan George Quotes

And then you might decide that the country can just spend maybe years or decades to regain that credit, or maybe give that county the support, the financial support that the market is not willing not do.

Who do you have coming to see you about the subsidies? Business people, no one else.

I would give relief from the first $10,000 of the payroll tax. I would allow small businesses to accelerate depreciation so they would have an incentive to buy now rather than defer. I would also give to the states $40 billion of relief.

All sports should get support from the government and corporate bodies.

Speaker Pelosi says unemployment benefits are economic stimulus. Those are bare-bones benefits.

I don't have any problem with government helping entrepreneurs and businesses.

Corporate welfare isn't necessarily a bad thing.

But the Americans have no extra money. They have their own problems. They can provide financial assistance for two, three, four, or six months at most.

We are not very good out keeping out things with subsidies.

See where Congress passed a two billion dollar bill to relieve bankers' mistakes. You can always count on us helping those who have lost part of their fortune, but our whole history records nary a case where the loan was for the man who had absolutely nothing. Our theory is to help only those who can get along, even if they don't get a loan.

I'm not living off of any taxpayer money. If I am - if it's food stamps, it's a temporary resource.

Cash is cold comfort under these circumstances. But make no mistake about it; It is some comfort.

If you look at my CV, just about everything I have done has come through a publicly funded institution; it is a career entirely built on that sort of support.

The good thing about the IMF is there is no European politics involved.

I wouldn't be here if it were not for the grant system that paid for me to go to art school - because my parents couldn't have afforded it.

The government is also looking at further benefits including enhanced capital allowances; the use of Tax Incremental Finance; and extra help from UK Trade and Investment on inward investment and trade opportunities.

One way we gave small businesses more money to invest was by extending tax provisions on expensing. This allows businesses to immediately write off things like equipment, without being burdened by depreciation requirements.

We need to make college affordable in price, and also have lower-cost student loans and more available grants for students.

Programs like food stamps, unemployment insurance, Medicaid, and job retraining help Americans get back on their feet when they are down and out and laid off through no fault of their own.

It is because of me that today the union government has sanctioned special funds for the development of Bihar.

If businesses are being given relief, shouldn't the same relief be given to the American people?

In the West, if a city faces financial difficulties, it'll go bankrupt. But in China, cities will be subsidised by the Ministry of Finance. So some small- and medium-sized cities aren't worried about going bankrupt. They figure the central government will help them out.

State and local government, with financial support from the federal government, should offer a program to educate and train foster children for employment and provide them with financial assistance, as needed, until they reach age 21.

Federal program and services outlay in Puerto Rico is approximately $10 billion per year.

Every time the U.S. government makes a low-cost loan to someone, it's investing in them.