We now know that inflation results from all that deficit…

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

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

Deficit spending is simply a scheme for the confiscation of wealth.

— 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

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

The American people want a balanced budget. They want Congress to stop this barbaric practice of perpetual deficit spending. It really, if you think…

— Mike Lee

Pushing gun control drives people [in my district] crazy, gay marriage, abortion, deficit spending.All of that stuff adds up to be a problem for…

— Collin Peterson

Conservatives in general, and even so called Tea Party conservatives, are not against transportation spending. Indeed, interstate commerce is one purpose of interstate highways…

— Barry Loudermilk

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

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

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 reason Ronald Reagan gets slammed for having so badly exacerbated the problem of deficit spending is that he so plainly deserves it.

— Daniel Keys Moran