Bet a lot of Republicans would've preferred a deal that was $10 in spending cuts for every $1 in tax increases. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Look, I am not worried about Washington cutting too much spending too fast. I mean, the kinds of spending cuts we're talking… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
Historically, defense spending cuts have preceded increased international turmoil as America's global enemies sense a failure of will. — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
Under current law, on January 1, 2013, there's going to be a massive fiscal cliff of large spending cuts and tax increases. — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
In the private sector we budget for rainy days or offset unexpected expenditures with spending cuts and the same principles should apply… — Mike Braun Copy Share Image
I do not intend to dispute in any way the need for defence cuts and the need for government spending cuts in… — Stephen Harper Copy Share Image
'Austerity' is a real weasel word because it's an attempt to make something value-based and abstract out of something which, in reality,… — John Lanchester Copy Share Image
On the Medicare/paygo spending cuts, I strongly oppose that and have asked what is the plan to avert that. Senator McConnell assured… — Susan Collins Copy Share Image
We must take away the government's credit card. With limits on both tax revenue and borrowing, the Federal government would finally be… — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
We have to have structural entitlement reform, major spending cuts and not tax increase-retardants on economic growth to reverse our current course… — David Limbaugh Copy Share Image
You've got to either say you're going to cut taxes and find some spending cuts. I think we ought to reform long-term… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Let me just finish their point, because you're looking for contrast. You know, when Governor Romney stood on a stage with other… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I believe we need a balanced, bipartisan approach to debt reduction that includes a combination of spending cuts, investments in economic growth,… — Bill Foster 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
When Obama's economic advisers - a greater group of schlemiels would be hard to find - warn that failure to raise the… — Dick Morris Copy Share Image
If the US Government was a family—they would be making $58,000 a year, spending $75,000 a year, & are $327,000 in credit… — Dave Ramsey Copy Share Image
Put on top of that the fact that the whole world is looking at Britain and saying how is this country going… — George Osborne Copy Share Image
The way we do it is $2.50 for every cut, we ask for $1 of additional revenue, paid for, as I indicated… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you could bring to me a majority of people to say that we're going to have $10 of spending cuts for… — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
Whenever people in Washington complain about spending cuts, they mean spending cuts that would affect defense contractors. They want to massively increase… — Cenk Uygur Copy Share Image
I will veto any effort to get rid of those automatic spending cuts to domestic and defense spending. There will be no… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Well, you have the public not wanting any new spending, you have the Republicans not wanting any new taxes, you have the… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
A federal bailout would spare California from having to make spending cuts needed to bring its budget into balance. The matter has… — Peter Schiff 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
The growing inequality of wealth and income distribution is both a moral and economic problem. If the wealthy are unwilling to pay… — Bruce Bartlett 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 who want to get re-elected will clearly want to avoid any spending decision that will create bad national publicity, and our news media, the manufacturers of bad national…” quote by L. Brent Bozell, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/233/l-brent-bozell-jr-68858_assembly_t-here-s-a-good-reason-to-stay-pessimist_2741813.jpg)
