John McCain Quotes on Money & Wealth (13 Quotes)

It's hard for me to imagine the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff sending that letter without at least consulting with the secretary of defense, ... It's well known that the secretary of defense wasn't enthusiastic about this loss of budget authority. Remember, most of our fiercest debates in Washington come down to who controls the money.

I do not question the motives, nor do I know the motives for the president pardoning Mr. Rich, ... I do know that there's a terrible appearance of impropriety when a million dollars in soft money is given by the ex-wife of a fugitive from justice.

Any voter with a healthy understanding of the flaws of human nature and who notices the vast amounts of money solicited and received by politicians cannot help but believe that we are unduly influenced by our benefactors' generosity,

It's the United States' war. We're the ones that started it. It's our responsibility to finish it, ... We need more troops. We need more money. We need it quickly, and time is not on our side.

Several candidates talked of problems with the federal Medicare system, particularly concerns about whether it would cover prescription drug costs in the future. We're asking senior citizens to make a choice between their health and their income, ... Medicare is probably the most difficult challenge we face in the next century, because it has a lot to do with other things besides money.

The vice president is again raising the specter of Social Security to frighten senior citizens, ... Instead of frightening seniors, we need to sit down and realize that we need to find a source of money to make Social Security solvent and then allow Americans to be able to invest their savings in their retirement accounts.

If I had confidence that that money would be well spent I would do it, ... I think before we spend a dime we need to make sure it's going to the people it's intended to help. But this is a compassionate land.

I believe that the country wants this reform, ... There is no doubt about the explosion of soft money. There is no doubt that it is gridlocked us here in Washington and the message of the least election is that Americans do not want that.

If money is free speech, the big interests are sitting in front with megaphones and the average citizens are sitting in the back,

I've always said the scandal in Washington was the conduct of the 1996 campaign where every institution of government was debased in the effort to raise money. I think it will be investigated and will drive us to campaign finance reform, hopefully sooner rather than later,

It is illegal for children to purchase tobacco in every state in the country. And in every state ... tobacco companies have invested enormous sums of money and time to encourage widespread lawbreaking,

Even more impressive than the money is the way we communicate,

The reason why I'm so strongly in favor of this legislation is because average citizens are being deprived of their right of free speech when the megaphone is held by those with big money,