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Government does not create wealth. The major role for the government is to create an environment where people take risks to expand the job rate in the United States.

— George W. Bush

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Government can't create wealth, but it can create the conditions for private enterprise to flourish.

— Bill Owens

My own belief is that the way we grow the economy, create jobs, create wealth is in the private sector. The government doesn't do that.

— Dick Cheney

It's been said that government doesn't create jobs, business does. For the most part, this is true. But government creates the environment in which businesses can excel and expand.

— Christine Gregoire

The key to wealth is not what we earn. It is in what is spent on us.

— Warren Farrell

We must never forget that it is the private sector - not government - that is the engine of economic opportunity. Businesses, particularly small businesses, flourish and can provide good jobs when government acts as a productive partner.

— Bill Richardson

Government does not create jobs. It only helps create the conditions that make jobs more or less likely.

— Bob Riley

Government is not the generator of economic growth; working people are.

— Phil Gramm

Our main task is not to see that people of great wealth add to it, but that those without much money have a greater chance to earn some.

— Mitch Daniels

Government does not create jobs, but it can help set the table for economic growth with the right policies.

— Sam Graves

✗Opposing Perspectives

Government does create prosperity and growth by creating the conditions that allow both entrepreneurs and their customers to thrive; balancing the power of capitalists like me and workers isn't bad for capitalism - it's essential to it.

— Nick Hanauer