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Having a trade deficit and a budget deficit, it's two different things.

— Stephanie Ruhle

Traditionally, the way deficits have been cut is you hold expenditures more or less constant in real dollars and then let growth come in…

— Phil Bredesen

Governments harangue about deficits to get more revenue so they can spend more.

— Allan H. Meltzer

In order to reduce the deficit, there has to be revenue in addition to cuts.

— Jim Lehrer

The goal is to reduce the size and scope of government spending, not to focus on the deficit. The deficit is the symptom of…

— Grover Norquist

The government deficit is the difference between the amount of money the government spends and the amount it has the nerve to collect.

— Sam Ewing

The way to reduce the deficit is to create jobs and work opportunities so that people will have money with which to pay taxes.

— Danny K. Davis

When the economy is growing, there's a lot that can be done to deal with the deficit.

— Henry Paulson

I have spoken about deficits, and I think deficits are important because they address broad economic and financial stability. We need to talk about…

— Ben Bernanke

Deficits mean future tax increases, pure and simple. Deficit spending should be viewed as a tax on future generations, and politicians who create deficits…

— Ron Paul

[Deficits are] a yawner. We, as Republicans, have talked about deficits and balanced budgets since the days of Roosevelt, and the people simply haven't…

— Paul Laxalt

Budget deficits are not caused by wild-eyed spenders, but by slow economic growth and periodic recessions. And any new recession would break all deficit…

— John F. Kennedy