Cannot Quote by Bernie Sanders

The [budget] deficit isn't the immediate problem for most people, the weak economy is.

— Cynthia Tucker

The federal budget deficit isn't the nation's major economic problem and deficit reduction shouldn't be our major goal. Our problem is lack of good…

— Robert Reich

The deficit only became a big problem in the Reagan-Bush years. For 12 years, Republican presidents talked about balancing the budget, but failed to…

— Dick Gephardt

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

— Henry Paulson

I cannot conceive of a politically feasible solution to this problem which will overdo cutting the deficit, where overdoing means harming the economy. It…

— Alan Greenspan

It certainly would be helpful going forward for deficit reduction efforts to focus on the medium term while not subtracting from the impetus we…

— Janet Yellen

Yes, deficits are a problem. I've been saying so for more than a quarter of a century now. But the problem is not the…

— Ronald Reagan

The American people will eventually get hurt by this accumulated deficit. That's the problem. We have too much deficit. We have to find a…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Deficits must be cut, yes, but the rush to austerity risks undermining the fragile global recovery.

— Alistair Darling

I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself.

— Ronald Reagan

Our priority must be to build a path towards balancing the budget, and we cannot tolerate growing deficits.

— Anonymous

I know economists will say well, we could run a small deficit but the problem is that once you cross that line as we…

— Stephen Harper