When you're talking about long-term deficit reduction, $4 trillion worth, entitlement reform needs to be part of it. — Dick Durbin Copy Share Image
I came to a stark realization: chronic surpluses could be almost as destabilizing as chronic deficits. — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
In the past, proactive fiscal polices almost always meant just more investment and an increase in the fiscal deficit. — Li Keqiang Copy Share Image
When you think about it, attention-deficit order makes a lot of sense. In this country there isn't a lot worth paying attention… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
I keep telling people I want to close the deficit, and one of the deficits is want to close is the fun… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
The UK downgrade will come as little surprise to many. It does not appear to be occurring because the UK is cutting… — John Redwood Copy Share Image
Slow growth and inflation have a tendency to accompany large deficits and increasing debt as a percentage of GDP. — Bill Gross Copy Share Image
The Democrats - Democrats on board, the Congress said tax policy.But their tax policy was pretty bad, that added $800 billion to… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
We had a $10 billion budget deficit when we got here in January of 2003. We cut that budget deficit; we did… — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
But because we in the United States finance our current account deficit by borrowing in our own currency, we can move to… — Martin Feldstein Copy Share Image
The problem with our deficit is not because Americans are taxed too little. The problem with the deficit is because Washington spends… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
Trying to cut the deficit too far, too fast isn't working. The government must adopt a steadier, more balanced plan to get… — Ed Balls Copy Share Image
Someone once said that nothing costs more and yields less benefit than revenge,” Aomame said. “Winston Churchill. As I recall it, though,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I have nothing to do with comics. I know nothing about comics. I am aware of the importance of comics, but they're… — Christoph Waltz Copy Share Image
In 1993, as House Democratic Leader, I led the fight to pass the Clinton-Gore economic plan - a plan designed to slash… — Dick Gephardt Copy Share Image
It's easy to blame the nature-deficit disorder on the kids' or the parents' back, but they also need the help of urban… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
When you look at February's (2011) deficit spending alone, and the fact that it was larger than what our total deficit spending… — Kristi Noem Copy Share Image
The fears of recession in the aftermath of Black Monday have turned to fears of the economy racing ahead too fast, with… — Nigel Lawson Copy Share Image
I now say that the world has the technology - either available or well advanced in the research pipeline - to feed… — Norman Borlaug Copy Share Image
Inflation is not caused by the actions of private citizens, but by the government: by an artificial expansion of the money supply… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
During the 1999 debate over Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China President Bill Clinton said, 'In opening the economy of China, the… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
It occurs to me as I write that this "white light," usually presented dippily (evidence of afterlife, higher power), is in fact… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
I don't understand how the Republican party is the party with the reputation for fiscal conservatism and fiscal sanity, when they're the… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
the State only aims at instilling those qualities in its public by which its demands are obeyed, and its exchequer is filled.… — Ouida Copy Share Image
Disability is often framed, in medical terms, as the ultimate disaster and certainly as a deficit. — Stella Young Copy Share Image
The attention deficit disorder of the culture is very distressing in America now and I think it puts a lot of things… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
When you have a half slice of chocolate pie, it's as if you owe yourself the other half - what's known in… — W. Bruce Cameron Copy Share Image
If people want capital gains taxed more like the highest rate on income, that's a good discussion. Maybe that's the way to… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The federal budget deficit is the biggest single impediment to revitalizing the American economy. — Alice Rivlin Copy Share Image
To the deficit commission, a depression is the solution to the problem, not a problem. — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
The President forgot to mention the Moon, Mars, and the federal deficit - all of which are sky-high. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We ought to deal with Social Security in a separate conversation that is not part of deficit reduction. — Dick Durbin Copy Share Image
You care about the deficit because it allows you to do things you need to do to help people who are suffering. — Christina Romer Copy Share Image
If you raise taxes, it won't reduce the deficit. The other team will simply spend the resources. — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
The reason Ronald Reagan gets slammed for having so badly exacerbated the problem of deficit spending is that he so plainly deserves… — Daniel Keys Moran Copy Share Image
What we should be doing is responsibly addressing the primary drivers of our debt and deficit issues. — Ron Johnson Copy Share Image
I'm ashamed of what has happened to Canada. And I'm not leaving a $1.5 trillion deficit to my kids. No chance in… — Kevin O'Leary Copy Share Image
We are committed to achieving the fiscal deficit target announced in the budget. — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
My nephew has HDADHD. High Definition Attention Deficit Disorder. He can barely pay attention, but when he does it's unbelievably clear. — Steven Wright Copy Share Image
When the democratic deficit is so enormous, people are left with very little option but to take peaceful, non-violent direct action. — Caroline Lucas Copy Share Image
