Vano Merabishvili Quotes

My priority is my economy minister mandate and to create momentum.

Gradual fiscal consolidation may also be stimulative in the short run.

If we don't get a grip on government spending, there will be no growth.

I will work to restore fiscal responsibility to our country's budget and to provide for a more robust economy.

I sum up the prospects for 1967 in three short sentences. We are back on course. The ship is picking up speed. The economy is moving. Every seaman knows the command at such a moment: 'steady as she goes'.

Fiscal discipline can turn the economy around.

The biggest source of getting the country to a balanced budget is not by raising taxes or by cutting spending. It's by encouraging the growth of the economy.

Getting the budget balanced, regulatory reform, tax reform - I think these lead to economic growth.

Past experience with fiscal austerity at home and overseas strongly suggests that it is best for the economy's long-run performance to restrain government spending rather than raise taxes.

Fiscal policy is not just, or even not even principally, the purview of the president.

It is the policy of the federal government to use all resources at its disposal to make our financial system stronger.

I think where I differ a little bit, we absolutely have to think about the deficit looking down the road. And certainly that's something the president has said that we need to, as the economy recovers, have a plan in place for getting it down.

We agree with Simpson and Bowles and others who have looked at this. What's necessary is to stabilize the debt and then work from there. You can't balance the budget in the short term because to do that would be to ratchet down the economy.

We have a spending problem, not a taxing problem. The less we spend, the more jobs we have the potential to create.

The more we can do to address fiscal austerity, the better our markets will do, and there is a real political shift to doing that.

Well, I think the president has clearly submitted us a tight budget, but it's what's called for if we're going to get spending under control and keep the economy moving in the right direction, with economic growth and job creation activity.

We cannot cut our way to prosperity.

It is better to implement reforms in times of economic strength.

There is only so much pain voters will tolerate. And there is insufficient reason to believe that today’s austerity will bring tomorrow’s prosperity.

As a steward of the U.S.economy and financial systems, the Treasury has helped lay the groundwork for the American economy to become a model of strength, flexibility, dynamism, resiliency. This is a system that generates growth, creates jobs and wealth, rewards initiative, and fosters innovation.

Look at what happened in the 1990s: when they balanced the federal budget, it was through growth in the economy and controlling spending.

I have said repeatedly I do want to take longer to eliminate the deficit than the other parties. Because I want to see us have the ability to invest more in our economy, in our public services, and in lifting people out of poverty.

I believe reduced spending, lower taxation, and economic growth go hand-in-hand.

Federal spending is like a massive ship that takes a very long time to turn.

My priority will continue to be that we maintain the optimal balance to be able to invest in education and infrastructure while encouraging business growth.