#budget

The real goal should be reduced government spending, rather than balanced budgets achieved by ever rising tax rates to cover ever rising spending. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#balanced #budgets #cover #ever #goal

They're so broke that they've actually cut essential services. In many places, they've cut policemen, because, who the fuck needs them? Or firemen, son of a bitch, it's much more fun watching something burn down. ↗

— Lewis Black

#budget #comedy #economy #fire #police

The only difference from one $100 million budget film to another is which of the 12 box stars are getting $20 million to be in it. ↗

— Dirk Benedict

#box #budget #budget film #difference #film

The National Intelligence Director needs the authority to do the job we are asking him to do. That means power over the intelligence budget. And to be effective, to be allowed to do his or her job, they must have authority over the budget. ↗

— Leonard Boswell

#asking #authority #budget #director #effective

Any sensible family has a budget that lays out how much will be spent for household and other purposes. Without such planning, things would quickly go awry. ↗

— Walter Ulbricht

#awry #budget #family #go #household

The Simpsons can go anywhere in the world and not worry about any budgetary issues. However, even when the show has had its run, I think the characters can go on in perpetuity. ↗

— Dan Castellaneta

#any #anywhere #budgetary #characters #even

But I will say, I think there are some Democrats that don't want to address pension reform. I have taken on the issue of seniority and tenure. I think we have to address entitlements and the president has done that in his budget. I think we have to extend Medicare and the president has done that. But also reinvest in that program. ↗

— Antonio Villaraigosa

#also #budget #democrats #done #entitlements

There are two types of films - one made by the big-time producers, the other is low budget stuff made by some producers who make films for the heck of it, they complete their films for small amounts, sell it at low costs with almost no publicity. ↗

— Ajay Devgan

#big-time #budget #complete #costs #films

I am not about to let the people who so mismanaged the state budget now try to manage local government. ↗

— Jim Doyle

#am #budget #government #i #i am

When it's low-budget, and you have one other person on the set, you have to make rules. ↗

— Lena Dunham

#make #other #person #rules #set