Deficit Quotes

380 quotes by 262 authors

We now know that inflation results from all that deficit spending. — Ronald Reagan
A drastic reduction in the deficit...will take place in the fiscal year '82. — Ronald Reagan
Yes, the deficit doctors have their scalpels out all right, but they're not poised over the budget. That's as fat as ever and getting fatter.… — Ronald Reagan
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 size… — Ronald Reagan
From the earliest days, the Rothschilds appreciated the importance of proximity to politicians, the men who determined not only the extent of budget deficits but… — Niall Ferguson
We cannot expect that everyone, to use the phrase of a decade ago, will talk sense to the American people. But we can hope that… — John F. Kennedy
Conservatives in general, and even so called Tea Party conservatives, are not against transportation spending. Indeed, interstate commerce is one purpose of interstate highways and… — Barry Loudermilk
Everything is explained now. We live in an age when you say casually to somebody 'What's the story on that?' and they can run to… — Tom Waits
By restraining spending and by cutting the deficit, Republican policies are helping to keep our economy strong. — Dennis Hastert
...deficit consumption is, in effect, drawing down on the capital entitlements of future generations — Jonathon Porritt
Reconciliation is a special budget procedure to change entitlement and tax laws. It cannot be filibustered and requires only a simple majority in the Senate… — Jeff Miller
It is a paradoxical truth that tax rates are too high and tax revenues are too low and the soundest way to raise the revenues… — John F. Kennedy
We need to get beyond the politics of the moment, the deficit of the hour, the military count of the day, the numbers that rarely… — Bill Bradley
I think it's absolutely clear that the fiscal path we are on is not sustainable, and for me, the best analogy is these deficits are… — Erskine Bowles
This nation is on a course where if we don't do something about it, get federal situation, the fiscal policy [under control], we're Greece. We're… — Judd Gregg
We think we can't survive without deficit spending - but we soon won't be able to survive with deficit spending, either. — Tony Blankley
From the time we begin school, if not sooner, we are taught to be blind to our assets and only see our deficits. We are… — Dawna Markova
The U. S. trade deficit with China shows that while we value the potential of their market, they value the reality of our market. It… — Adam Schiff
Welfarism and excessive spending and deficits and socialism divide us, because everybody has to go to Washington. Those who have the biggest clout, whose who… — Ron Paul
America knows it has got to deal with its deficit problems so that it, too, can promise it is making its proper and best contributions… — Gordon Brown

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