Deficit Quotes

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It's easy to blame the nature-deficit disorder on the kids' or the parents' back, but they also need the help of urban planners, schools, libraries… — Richard Louv
The folks celebrating Jim Bunning are seeing him as an anti-government, anti-spending activist. But to embrace Jim Bunning is to embrace a strange record, if… — Rachel Maddow
The war on terrorism has made national security a legitimate concern, and a rising deficit, changes brought on by globalization and even the price of… — Roger Mahony
In addition to a soaring stock market, 6.6 million jobs have been created since tax relief measures went into effect in 2003. Our deficit situation… — Randy Neugebauer
It is day after day in this institution, borrow money, run up the debt, run up the deficits and then with a straight face say,… — Richard Neal
Social Security faces a long-term actuarial deficit, yes. — Peter R. Orszag
Well, a deficit reflects an imbalance between spending and revenue, and so narrowing it requires acting on one, the other or both. — Peter R. Orszag
Well, I think what we need to remember is that budget deficits can impede economic activity. — Peter R. Orszag
Because of President Obama's failed record on nearly every issue from the economy to the deficit to Medicare, the Obama campaign has become increasingly dirty,… — Reince Priebus
I served at a time when we had a strong economy, when we had deficits that we would die for today. I was able to… — Rob Portman
You care about the deficit because it allows you to do things you need to do to help people who are suffering. — Christina Romer
Cold-turkey deficit reduction would cause a significant recession. A recent analysis by the Congressional Budget Office estimated that going headlong over the cliff would cause… — Christina Romer
Honest talk about the deficit is risky. Voters are more enthusiastic about the abstract notion of deficit reduction than about the painful details of accomplishing… — Christina Romer
If you think about it, candidate Obama, Sen. Obama, was running on sort of long-run economic issues, like restoring prosperity to the middle class, dealing… — Christina Romer
The UK downgrade will come as little surprise to many. It does not appear to be occurring because the UK is cutting its deficit too… — John Redwood
The three main political parties all agree the UK deficit is high and needs to be brought down. All agree that it is easier to… — John Redwood
For me, there will be no enemies but unemployment, the deficit, excessive debt, economic stagnation and anything else that keeps our country in these critical… — Mariano Rajoy
We have to change economic policy: create confidence, foster investment, cut the public deficit, restructure taxation and reform the labor laws. — Mariano Rajoy
Thanks to decades of accumulated federal budget deficits and, more significantly, imprudent Medicare and Social Security policies, we've stolen almost $60 trillion from our children. — Steven Rattner
Establishing a 0.03 percent Wall Street speculation fee, similar to what we had from 1914-1966, would dampen the dangerous level of speculation and gambling on… — Bernie Sanders

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