Peter Orszag Quotes & Sayings
13 most famous Peter Orszag quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He's a 56 year old American economist born on Dec 16, 1968.
“There've been times where I wondered whether it was worth continuing in my own education.”
“I have young kids. The fiscal burden that will be imposed on them is going to depend primarily on whether we tackle this looming problem in our health care system - with rising costs that don't seem, by the way, to be necessarily associated with higher quality. That is the key burden that they will face.”
“Every day is like that, eight successive meetings on eight different topics, every one really important and interesting.”
“Total borrowing has imploded. Private borrowing has collapsed. And, in effect, the Treasury Department is the last borrower left standing.”
“The fact of the matter is right now politicians and insurance companies are making decisions. We're saying we want doctors to be making decisions. And I think that will lead to a higher-quality, lower-cost system over time.”
“My mom is a very warm, typical sort of Jewish-mother type. And my dad has a somewhat, um, different personality.”
“Social Security faces a long-term actuarial deficit, yes.”
“Well, a deficit reflects an imbalance between spending and revenue, and so narrowing it requires acting on one, the other or both.”
“Well, I think what we need to remember is that budget deficits can impede economic activity.”
“Defense spending as a share of the economy dropped significantly during the early 1990s, and that was one of the things, along with other policy changes, that put us back on the path to a balanced budget.”
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