Political Quotes

W. Todd Akin

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Quotes by year · 20102012552 total · peak 2010 (426)
2010: 426 quotes2011: 101 quotes2012: 25 quotes
Jul 14, 2010

This is what was promised with the government bailout. You know, we are going to do the stimulus bill, $800 billion. And if you do the stimulus bill, these are the numbers the administration and the Democrats said--this is what's going to…

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Jul 14, 2010

It's one of those things, it's sort of an inevitable law. And you can't just let the government continue to grow and grow and grow, because eventually it takes over everything like a cancer.

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Jul 14, 2010

Now, does that make sense? Is that logical? Now, you know, I was talking to a bunch of people, too, as I went around my district. And you know, people make economics way too complicated. I said, look, it's not that complicated. It's like a…

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Jul 14, 2010

Don't you go giving people ideas here in D.C. Somebody will try and do that you know.

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Jul 14, 2010

Not going to do it. Hey, you know, I'd really like to pick up because, as you said, there are people sitting around having dinner in America. In fact, I'm a little hungry myself. I'm going to look forward to getting some chow. But they're…

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Jul 14, 2010

It's a treat to be able to join you this evening to talk about the things that are of great significance to our country and to every individual citizen that lives in America. I thought that as we got into the subject of where things are…

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Jul 14, 2010

See, those are these blue years, was George Bush. And then right here was a Bush year, but this is when Speaker Pelosi was in charge of Congress. So this was in a way, if you give Bush credit for when Pelosi was in Congress, Congresswoman…

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Jul 14, 2010

The old wealth redistribution. The old socialism deal. So anyway it is $800 billion. And here is what actually happened. This is putting people back to work the big government, Democrat way. Look what happens to the employment in the…

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Jul 14, 2010

You are absolutely right. I think you are hitting a couple of different points in this chart. The first one I am talking about is excessive taxation. But taxation also creates an economic uncertainty. And if you have got that lemonade…

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Jul 14, 2010

The trouble is really the government can't stimulate the economy. The whole assumption is silly, because all the government does is takes money and spend it. But if you hire a government employee, does that create a job? The answer is no…

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Jul 14, 2010

I think you and I have a pretty good idea what they're liable to say, because they have enough business sense to know what's happened historically. They know socialism doesn't work, and they know what you've got to do is as the jobs and…

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Jul 14, 2010

You're absolutely right. I like the idea of being positive. And the solutions, one of them was JFK. He cut taxes, and the recession, after a period of about a year, turns right around and things go along well. Ronald Reagan did the same…

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