Cutting budget deficits can never be just an exercise in economics. — George Osborne Copy Share Image
Near-term deficits are temporary and manageable if - and only if - we keep spending in check, the tax burden low and… — Jim Nussle Copy Share Image
Deficits and debt threaten the growing American economy and our national security over the long term. — Cindy Hyde-Smith Copy Share Image
Deficits are like putting dynamite in the hands of children. They can get out of control very quickly. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
I came to a stark realization: chronic surpluses could be almost as destabilizing as chronic deficits. — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
With its record spending and deficits, the Obama administration has shown little interest in taking fiscal responsibility. That is a mistake. — Cathy McMorris Rodgers Copy Share Image
Our priority must be to build a path towards balancing the budget, and we cannot tolerate growing deficits. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Deficits are anathema to most Republicans. And Democrats widely believe that government spending should fall as the economy recovers. — Annie Lowrey Copy Share Image
Deficits must be cut, yes, but the rush to austerity risks undermining the fragile global recovery. — Alistair Darling Copy Share Image
The U.S. has been living in a situation of excesses for too long. Consumers were out spending more than their income and… — Nouriel Roubini Copy Share Image
We developed during the 1990s a series of budget process rules that helped us bring to heel these deficits, diminishing every year… — John Spratt Copy Share Image
On the issues that I care deeply about - the environment, Roe vs. Wade, the war in Iraq, with no weapons of… — Lincoln Chafee Copy Share Image
In a time of serious budget deficits, immense war costs and a sluggish economy, we cannot afford to grant such outlandish subsidies… — Ron Kind Copy Share Image
Traditionally, the way deficits have been cut is you hold expenditures more or less constant in real dollars and then let growth… — Phil Bredesen 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
I think that's what activates the Tea Party Movement. What they see is the government interfering with their lives and with the… — Sharron Angle Copy Share Image
For the last 4 years, our Federal Government has produced the four biggest deficits in history, and the estimated 2006 deficit of… — Melissa Bean Copy Share Image
The social and racial conflict, which springs from the redistribution ideology, may deepen as economic output is shrinking and transfer 'entitlements cause… — Hans F. Sennholz Copy Share Image
Budget deficits are not caused by wild-eyed spenders, but by slow economic growth and periodic recessions. And any new recession would break… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Under President Obama, we have spent more money - he has spent more money than any other president in this history, actually,… — Cathy McMorris Rodgers Copy Share Image
[T]here's a good reason to stay pessimistic about deficits as far as the eye can see. It's called the 'news' media. Legislators… — L. Brent Bozell, Jr Copy Share Image
We cannot win the future, expand the economy and spur job creation if we are saddled with increasingly growing deficits. That is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's no more place in the euro zone for well-meaning laxness when dealing with deficits and failings. If the demands on Greece… — Peer Steinbruck Copy Share Image
Yes, it is long past time we get serious about tackling the nation's ever-growing deficits. But the average American family drawn into… — Peter Welch Copy Share Image
At the outset of the creation of the euro in 1999, it was expected that the southern eurozone economies would behave like… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
“These are tough times for state governments. Huge deficits loom almost everywhere, from California to New York, from New Jersey to Texas.… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
Once you run current-account deficits, you depend on the kindness of strangers. This might be the beginning of the end of the… — Nouriel Roubini Copy Share Image
What works for Germany can't work for the rest of Europe: No country can run a chronic surplus without others running deficits. — George Soros Copy Share Image
Today, we have a trade regime which has led to the largest trade deficits this country has ever experienced. — Xavier Becerra 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
“If you want more from life — start by counting your blessings instead of counting your losses, deficits and wants.” — Bryant McGill 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
“By the deficits we may know the talents, by the exceptions we may know the rules, by studying patholgoy we may construct… — Laurence Miller Copy Share Image
Well, I think what we need to remember is that budget deficits can impede economic activity. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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