David Stockman Quotes

United States, Businessman
November 10, 1946

David Alan Stockman is an American politician and former businessman who was a Republican U.S. Representative from the state of Michigan (1977–1981) and as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (1981–1985) under President Ronald Reagan.

Also known as Politician

Let's have honest interest rates. Let's let the free market set interest rates in that zone where supply of savings is matched up with demand for real borrowing for capital projects.

David Stockman
- Real
- Interest
- Honest
I'm just not going to spend a lot of political capital solving some other guy's problem in 2010.

David Stockman
- Guy
- Political
- Problem

We need a wealth tax that on a one-time basis is going to take back at least some small fraction of the great windfall that the upper 1 percent, or 5 percent and pay down the government debt, pay back the federal debt because we can't put this on the next generation or they're going to be buried paying taxes.

David Stockman
- Wealth
- Generation
One thing is certain. At some point global investors will lose confidence in our (U.S.) easy dollars and debt-financed prosperity, and then the chickens will come home to roost.

David Stockman
- Home
- Easy
- Certain