34 Quotes by Brian Riedl

There's so much investment capital out there for profitable new technologies. Investors are constantly looking for good ideas to invest in. If these ideas are as good as these companies say, they should have no problem, at minimum, finding a loan.

The Senate is clearly dragging its feet on spending reform. Some senators have called for instead reversing the tax cuts.

Sacrifice? ... At this time, there is none.

The more controversial bills will most assuredly end up in a lame-duck Congress.

As bad as the last five years have been, it's going to get even worse the next five years.

This ... bill threatens to become another symbol of irresponsible runaway spending.

There is not much courage out there. Like an alcoholic, the first thing you have to do is admit you have a problem. The flip side of it is, Americans are vehemently opposed to every possible solution.

It's about time lawmakers sacrifice pork projects that essentially serve as taxpayer-financed re-election advertisements.

It's symbolic progress for Congress to learn that they can terminate programs without the sky falling. Maybe they can come back next year and start terminating programs whose costs make a difference.