government spending
3 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jul 27, 2021 by Stephen Harper · across every show →
Everything said about government spending, oldest first
Jul 27, 2021 bearish
Harper: Post-pandemic inflation will force central banks to hike interest rates
“Now you're getting consumer inflation, and what happens, Joe, I mean, let's say we've been through this movie before, what happens is, at some point, this requires interest rate hikes. And as soon as you have interest rate hikes, you have impacts on investment…”
Dec 30, 2025 negative
Sununu: Funding flawed government systems accelerates effort in the wrong direction
“That's the biggest problem we have in America. We have an old system, an old design, and they say, well, you know, to make it better, we just need to put more money there. But if putting more money into something pushes harder, but if you're going in the wrong…”
Dec 30, 2025
Sununu: Government budget cutting requires gradual off-ramps rather than abrupt cliffs
“So the best way to cut is to cut with a, I call it a, an off ramp, not a cliff, right? You don't want to take a program and say, well, I can't afford it. So it's gone tomorrow. No, we can't afford it. So what we're gonna do is we're gonna ratchet it down over …”