The reason Ronald Reagan gets slammed for having so badly…

Inflation is not caused by the actions of private citizens, but by the government: by an artificial expansion of the money supply required to…

— Ayn Rand

When you look at February's (2011) deficit spending alone, and the fact that it was larger than what our total deficit spending was in…

— Kristi Noem

Democrats cannot win elections without capturing the votes of independent-minded swing voters. And that is where writing off the Tea Party as a bunch…

— Juan Williams

We can't have deficit spending in Texas. You have to balance your budget every two years.

— Rick Perry

We now know that inflation results from all that deficit spending.

— Ronald Reagan

“These are tough times for state governments. Huge deficits loom almost everywhere, from California to New York, from New Jersey to Texas. Wait—Texas? Wasn't…

— Paul Krugman

The party in power almost always unapologetically engages in deficit spending, while the other party argues passionately against the evils of debt and deficits.

— Matt Taibbi

The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale

— Thomas Jefferson

We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.

— Thomas Jefferson

Deficit spending is simply a scheme for the 'hidden' confiscation of wealth. Gold stands in the way of this insidious process. It stands as…

— Alan Greenspan

The greatest threat facing America today is the disastrous fiscal policies of our own government, marked by shameless deficit spending and Federal Reserve currency…

— Ron Paul

In almost every enterprise, government has provided business with opportunities for private gain at public expense. Government nurtures private capital accumulation through a process…

— Michael Parenti

I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity,…

— Thomas Jefferson

To reduce deficit spending and our enormous debt, you reign in spending. You cut the budget. You don't take more from the private sector…

— Sarah Palin

Once the dollar begins to collapse beneath the weight of all this new deficit spending, accumulation of contingency liabilities and the socialization of our…

— Peter Schiff