Country Quote by Carl Levin

A budget matters to Americans who can't afford to see their taxes go up or lose the jobs that would be destroyed in the…

— Susan Brooks

The problem isn't a Congress that won't cut spending or a president who won't raise taxes. The problem is an American public with a…

— P. J. O'Rourke

As president, Trump's economic proposals will bend our very economy and tax system to his purposes.

— Tom Steyer

To reduce deficit spending and our enormous debt, you reign in spending. You cut the budget. You don't take more from the private sector…

— Sarah Palin

The most pernicious of his [Obama] proposals will be the massive Make Work Pay refundable tax credit. Dressed up as a tax cut, it…

— Dick Morris

Ronald Reagan cut taxes to raise the deficit to stop liberals in future years from increasing spending. Obama will raise spending to raise the…

— Dick Morris

We cannot win the future, expand the economy and spur job creation if we are saddled with increasingly growing deficits. That is why the…

— Anonymous

My point is cutting spending shouldn't be reliant on the debt limit though. It's something we have to do. The good news for America…

— David Plouffe

What Donald Trump is proposing with these massive tax cuts will result in a $20 trillion additional national debt. That will have dire consequences…

— Hillary Clinton

Even with not having a balanced budget at this time, I support tax cuts. That will help limit spending.

— Steve Chabot

It is perhaps my greatest hope, Mr. President, that some day we'll consider tax and spending measures with no one else in mind but…

— John McCain

The [Donald] Trump plan would increase the national debt a little over a $1 trillion a year, the Trump plan would reduce taxes at…

— Lawrence O'Donnell