Clinton Quote by Bill Maher

“Although you won’t find it in their party platform, the GOP’s mission is to protect and further enrich America’s plutocracy. The party’s caterwauling about…

— Mike Lofgren

Deficits are anathema to most Republicans. And Democrats widely believe that government spending should fall as the economy recovers.

— Annie Lowrey

Remember, Republican economic policies quadrupled the debt before I took office and doubled it after I left. We simply can't afford to double-down on…

— William J. Clinton

Our debt is out of control. What was a fiscal challenge is now a fiscal crisis. We cannot deny it; instead we must, as…

— Paul Ryan

One of the greatest falsehoods of American politics over the past several decades is that the Republican party is the party of fiscal responsibility.

— Seth Moulton

“The Republican establishment is haunted by painful memories of what happened to Old Man Bush in 1992. He peaked too early and he had…

— Hunter S. Thompson

I've criticized Republicans for their lack of fiscal discipline when they controlled Congress before 2007. However, that is no excuse to just continue with…

— Erik Paulsen

To be fair, Republicans are not blameless. The deficit began to spiral out of control on President Bush's watch.

— Rob Woodall

Republicans profess to be against deficits, but they are experts at creating and exacerbating deficits.

— Keith Ellison

What our Republican friends are doing, if we look at what they do and not what they say, they have decided that the most…

— Tom Allen

The party in power almost always unapologetically engages in deficit spending, while the other party argues passionately against the evils of debt and deficits.

— Matt Taibbi

The federal debt in this country is principally of Republican design.

— Daniel Keys Moran