William Niskanen Quotes

Bush has got a big hole to dig himself out of

William Niskanen

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William Niskanen

William Arthur Niskanen (; March 13, 1933 – October 26, 2011) was an American economist. He was one of the architects of President Ronald Reagan's economic program and contributed to public choice theory. He was also a long-time chairman of the Cato Institute, a libertarian think-tank.

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William Niskanen

Bush is going to have to sacrifice people who have worked with him to regain some initiative.

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He's provided good political judgment on campaigns, but not good political judgment on getting legislation through.

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That was the case with the Reagan administration in 1986.
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You'll have a greater ability of Republicans to deliver what they want in Congress.

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Bush has got a big hole to dig himself out of

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The effect is going to be to indefinitely defer things he's wanted to do, like Social Security [restructuring]

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It bothers me enormously how we've responded to this problem. This is just way out of bounds.

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An impeachment itself would reduce the uncertainty. An impeachment would take the volatility out (of the market) to the extent that the volatility was caused by questions of who would be president.

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I'm guessing it's not going to go anywhere unless there's significant Democratic support.

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Embedded part of our fiscal picture.

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