The federal budget deficit is the biggest single…

At times of recession, running a budget deficit is highly desirable. Once the economy begins to recover, you have to balance the budget. But…

— George Soros

I've, we have in this state, like many other states, we're experiencing an enormous budget deficit that we're trying to grapple with. But we…

— Jennifer Granholm

If we discovered that, you know, space aliens were planning to attack and we needed a massive buildup to counter the space alien threat…

— Paul Krugman

Europe is right to tell us to reduce this [France's budget] deficit and spend less. Europe is right to demand this of us but…

— Nicolas Sarkozy

The poor have been sent to the front lines of a federal budget deficit reduction war that few other groups were drafted to fight.

— Marian Wright Edelman

And there are a lot of groups or mayors that might say, hey, I need the money. I have budget deficit, so I have…

— Eric Bolling

The social and racial conflict, which springs from the redistribution ideology, may deepen as economic output is shrinking and transfer 'entitlements cause budget deficits…

— Hans F. Sennholz

The climate, financial and national security crises are all connected. They share the same cause: Our [the USA's] absurd dependency on foreign oil. As…

— Al Gore

If a government resorts to inflation, that is, creates money in order to cover its budget deficits or expands credit in order to stimulate…

— Henry Hazlitt

One of the issues that we professional newspaper columnists are required by union regulations to voice grave concern about is the federal budget deficit,…

— Dave Barry

I get a headache when I hear supporters of this endless warfare complaining about the federal budget deficits. They're like arsonists complaining about the…

— Bob Herbert

Which European leader today would not relish the wonder-working powers of a Moses? Budget deficit? Unpopular cuts? How about just a little miracle, an…

— Jonathan Sacks

To avoid large and unsustainable budget deficits, the nation will ultimately have to choose among higher taxes, modifications to entitlement programs such as Social…

— Ben Bernanke

I will bring our energy companies back. They'll be able to compete. They'll make money. They'll pay off our national debt. They'll pay off…

— Donald Trump

Not in the constitution, but I would propose a law to the French parliament that provides for reducing the budget deficit year by year,…

— Francois Hollande