Jacob Lew Quotes

The transition from tyranny to democracy is very hard. The Syrian people have to handle this in a way that works in Syria. And the brutality of the Assad regime is unacceptable.

The reason to deal with Social Security is that it is a system where we have a tradition and history of making sure it is solidly funded for 75 years. At the moment, we look out and we see it is solidly funded until 2037.

I think that for the next short period of time, our No. 1 priority is Congress needs to do its work and extend the payroll tax cut.

We saw last year that Congress’ inability to bring things to closure just adds to uncertainty and drags the economy.

Congress should get the job done.

We obviously would like to get unemployment as low as we possibly can.

He who wipes the child’s nose, means to kiss the mother’s cheek.

It’s not fair to say Social Security caused the problem.

There’s a lot of trust being built up. I think we have a lot of work ahead of us.

In the budget, the president will call for a five-year freeze on discretionary spending other than for national security. This will reduce the deficit by more than $400 billion over the next decade and bring this category of spending to the lowest share of our economy since Dwight Eisenhower was president.

We cannot win the future, expand the economy and spur job creation if we are saddled with increasingly growing deficits. That is why the president’s budget is a comprehensive and responsible plan that will put us on a path toward fiscal sustainability in the next few years – a down payment toward tackling our challenges in the long term.

We have to reduce the burden placed on our economy by years of deficits and debt.

The budget is not just a collection of numbers, but an expression of our values and aspirations.