14 Quotes by Maya MacGuineas

The government doesn't save enough, it borrows too much and it doesn't invest enough in the next generation. It's like what parents are trying to get their kids not to do, but if they look at the federal government, that's what they're doing.

The growth in spending is significantly lower than what we've seen in past years, and clearly the president, who is responding to pressure in his own party, wanted to show he was serious about putting forward a budget that was tight on spending.

The government doesn’t save enough, it borrows too much and it doesn’t invest enough in the next generation. It’s like what parents are trying to get their kids not to do, but if they look at the federal government, that’s what they’re doing.

If the budget that you’re talking about isn’t a good one, then it’s better not to pass a budget. Most people in the country will never notice whether we pass a budget resolution or not.

When you finish college, you don’t suddenly have thousands of dollars a year to spend elsewhere-in fact, you have to find a way to pay back your loans.