Bruce Bartlett Quotes

"The situation today is so different than in the '70s. The laws are different, and people's understanding about economics is different. I don't see any serious move for such controls."

"I think perhaps Mr. Hoadley is experiencing remorse for his failure to become involved."

"Realistically, it's going to be very, very hard to extend existing tax cuts under current circumstances"

"I believe any decline would lock in a Fed increase with some certainty."

"He was the safe choice, somebody with unquestioned qualifications. They needed somebody that everybody, including the financial markets, would react positively to."

"The total amount of debt that foreigners have bought this year is $66 billion, which is about the amount of the total federal deficit during the same period of time. So in other words, we benefit by basically eliminating the burden of the debt on domestic capital markets."

"It's been my experience that these violent felons are not released."

"It's absolutely stunning. It certainly shows that the economy is continuing to show very strong growth."

"The break for me was the Medicare drug benefit in 2003. It's just grossly expensive, bad policy. After that, I no longer gave them the benefit of the doubt and started seeing the glass as half-empty."

"It looked like a very solid case. You had a woman who tried to commit suicide with her kids. There was really no issue with the circumstances there."

"Overall, I think what the sales number is telling us is that the consumer is starting to take up some of the slack we're seeing in the trade sector and inventories."

"Many of my sharpest critics have decided to take a position of ignoring me - because they feel that by attacking me, they would draw attention to my book and give me more publicity and help me sell more books. So I think that they decided that the best thing for them to do is to say nothing. Also, I think that some of my critics simply can't refute my argument - and so it's easier for them to ignore it as well, so that they're not forced to confront the logical contradiction in their own position."