The [budget] deficit isn't the immediate problem for most…

The federal budget deficit isn't the nation's major economic problem and deficit reduction shouldn't be our major goal. Our problem is lack of good…

— Robert Reich

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

The federal budget deficit is the biggest single impediment to revitalizing the American economy.

— Alice Rivlin

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

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

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

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