Deficit Quotes

380 quotes by 257 authors

To reverse the trend and reduce the role of government in our lives, and thus alleviate the government deficit and inflation pressures, is a giant… — Hans F. Sennholz
As soon as the recovery is well under way, we need to set up a long-term plan to reduce the structural deficit and make sure… — Barack Obama
One of the issues that we professional newspaper columnists are required by union regulations to voice grave concern about is the federal budget deficit, which… — Dave Barry
All those trucks and barges that carry our goods to port are vital connections to the only force which can balance our trade deficit: export.… — Jo Ann Emerson
I've got a chart here that shows our debt-to-GDP ratio. And while we did run deficits in the past, we now number our debt in… — Mark Kirk
I think it's because we're looking for the meaning. Where is the meaning? We have mindless jobs, we take frantic vacations, deficit finance trips to… — Matthew McConaughey
We developed during the 1990s a series of budget process rules that helped us bring to heel these deficits, diminishing every year and moving the… — John Spratt
Looking at the high cost of occupation in Iraq and the needs we have in this country, would it not have been better to have… — Timothy J. Russert
To many Congressmen and Senators right now, there's a ceaseless antagonism toward Hollywood because politically, it is high-reward and low-risk. So when you can't do… — Jack Valenti
Countries with deficit don't want to pay the bill, and they want to get more loans, and countries with superiority, they don't want to help… — Sebastian Pinera
Our first benchmark is to cut the deficit more quickly to safeguard Britainâ€™s credit rating. I know that we are taking a political gamble to… — George Osborne
In his 16 years in the Senate, John Kerry has fought against government waste and worked hard to bring some accountability to Washington. Early in… — Zell Miller
It is my view that what is important is cutting government spending, however spending is financed. A so-called deficit is a disguised and hidden form… — Milton Friedman
Essentially, when we run a deficit, we are borrowing money to buy things that are made overseas. — Peter DeFazio
Online we have a compassion deficit — Monica Lewinsky
Today, however, anti-vaccine activists go out of their way to claim that they are not anti-vaccine; theyâ€™re pro-vaccine. They just want vaccines to be safer.… — Paul A. Offit
Pennsylvania is facing challenging economic times, a multi-billion dollar budget deficit, and negative cash flow projections. My Budget Deficit and Fiscal Stabilization Task Force will… — Tom Wolf
It's impossible to imagine the Democratic Party seeking a pro-life, free-trading, non-protectionist, deficit hawk. — John McCain
But because we in the United States finance our current account deficit by borrowing in our own currency, we can move to a more competitive… — Martin Feldstein
If the Nation is living within its income, its credit is good. If, in some crises, it lives beyond its income for a year or… — Franklin D. Roosevelt

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