David Malpass Quotes

The assumption that Washington could and would resolve Lehman Brothers without a bankruptcy, as it had Bear Stearns, was the single biggest mistake in the series of mistakes in 2007 and 2008 that led to the financial panic and the ensuing epidemic of job losses.

It’s not coincidence that the U.S. is in last place in the world in terms of corporate tax rate. It’s because our system is set up to block tax reform.

It is more important what the jobs report shows in December and January — that will affect how many rate hikes we’ll have this spring.

The world is constantly in a race to the top, in terms of there’s a limited amount of capital and you’ve got to figure where it’s going. And if your currency is weakening, that means you’re paying a load.

People’s jobs are the biggest asset that they have. The net present value of your job is worth more than your house or your stock portfolio. As people decide whether they’re going to buy a car, they’re more concerned about whether they have a job and are likely to have a job next year.

Every generation has an obligation to leave its children in a better position than it inherited. Our representatives in Washington are breaking faith with that covenant. America must reduce its federal spending and accumulation of debt for the sake of generations to come.

Politicians are addicted to spending and revenue extraction. As with an addict, there’s little pause for moral or legal contemplation.

For small businesses, you need less taxes, less federal spending, and you need less regulation that blocks their growth.

The tenth amendment said the federal government is supposed to only have powers that were explicitly given in the Constitution. I think the federal government’s gone way beyond that. The Constitution never said that you could have a Federal Reserve that would have $2.8 trillion in assets. We’ve gotten out of control.