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Deficit Quotes by Christina Romer
- I think where I differ a little bit, we absolutely have to think about the deficit looking down the road. And certainly that's something the…
- You care about the deficit because it allows you to do things you need to do to help people who are suffering.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- There's a joke in economics about the drunk who loses his keys in the street but only looks for them under the lightposts. When asked…
- If you look at the studies coming out of the Congressional Budget Office, the number one thing that's going to blow a hole in the…
- The right way to deal with a budget problem that was years in the making is by formulating a credible plan to reduce the deficit…
- Thanks to former President George W. Bush - remember the compassionate conservative? - I have a good name for the fundamental principle that should guide…
- We're committed to working with Congress to doing what the president said he was always going to do, which is cut the deficit in half…
More Deficit Quotes
- One thing everyone seems to agree on is that Republicans face a perceived compassion deficit. — Gary Bauer
- Obama and the Democrats' preposterous argument is that we are just one more big tax increase away from solving our economic problems.… — Bob Beauprez
- We've used up a lot of bullets. And we talk about stimulus. But the truth is, we're running a federal deficit that's… — Warren Buffett
- It is vital that we get these policies right as we take forward our plans to drive down the deficit and transform… — David Cameron
- Reagan proved deficits don't matter. — Dick Cheney
- One of the reasons the deficit got as big as it did, frankly, was because of the economic slowdown, the fall-off in… — Dick Cheney
- The only justification for repressive institutions is material and cultural deficit. But such institutions, at certain stages of history, perpetuate and produce… — Noam Chomsky
- I said we are going to balance an $11 billion budget deficit in a $29 billion budget, so by percentage, the largest… — Chris Christie
- Children from like 8 and even up to the college age - Spider-Man appeals to a fairly broad demographic but, like I… — Thomas Haden Church
- When you think about it, attention-deficit order makes a lot of sense. In this country there isn't a lot worth paying attention… — George Carlin
- Independent economists say immigration reform will grow our economy and shrink our deficits by almost $1 trillion in the next two decades.… — Barack Obama
- Democrats were quick to point out that President Bush's budget creates a 1 trillion dollar deficit. The White House quickly responded with… — Craig Kilborn