If we discovered that, you know, space aliens were planning to attack and we needed a massive buildup to counter the space… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
The Tea Party movement is we the people who have been taxed enough already. I think that folks forget that this is… — Sharron Angle Copy Share Image
Both sides of the aisle - Republican and Democrat - have been unwilling and afraid to address the deficit, and someone's got… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
President Obama inherited a one trillion dollar deficit courtesy of George Bush and turned it into a three trillion dollar deficit courtesy… — Michael Savage 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 only way government bureaucrats know of keeping prosperity going is to inflate some more - to increase the deficit or to… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Welfarism and excessive spending and deficits and socialism divide us, because everybody has to go to Washington. Those who have the biggest… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Canada is in budgetary deficit now only because of the recession, only because of stimulus measures, and we will come out of… — Stephen Harper Copy Share Image
In special education, there's too much emphasis placed on the deficit and not enough on the strength. — Temple Grandin 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
When Congress votes for all sorts of benefits, without voting for enough taxes to pay for them, they get the support of… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The world doesn't just revolve around you. There's a lot of talk in this country about the federal deficit. But I think… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The challenge for any government is how do you do two things at the same time. How do you put money forward… — Jacob Lew 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
The sequestration is a bad idea, all around. It is something that is out of the question. If you have spending cuts,… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
Economist Frederick Thayer has studied the history of our balanced-budget crusades and has come up with some depressing statistics. We have had… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
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.… — Jennifer Granholm Copy Share Image
The deficit only became a big problem in the Reagan-Bush years. For 12 years, Republican presidents talked about balancing the budget, but… — Dick Gephardt Copy Share Image
Well, a deficit reflects an imbalance between spending and revenue, and so narrowing it requires acting on one, the other or both. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's the [George Bush] president's fiscal policies that have driven up the biggest deficits in American history. He's added more debt to… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
Not in the constitution, but I would propose a law to the French parliament that provides for reducing the budget deficit year… — Francois Hollande Copy Share Image
Once the dollar begins to collapse beneath the weight of all this new deficit spending, accumulation of contingency liabilities and the socialization… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
Fourth, to assure every entrepreneur and every job creator that their investments in America will not vanish as have those in Greece,… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
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