Deficit Quotes

380 Deficit quotes by 257 unique authors

Obama seemed poised to realign American politics after his stunning 2008 victory. But the economy remains worse than even the administration's worst-case scenarios, and the… — Dee Dee Myers
The TUC's new slogan 'a future that works' sets a profound challenge. Austerity and rapid deficit reduction is failing in its own terms, but even… — Frances O'Grady
Cutting the deficit by gutting our investments in innovation and education is like lightening an overloaded airplane by removing its engine. It may make you… — Barack Obama
No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise. But when Governor Romney and his allies in Congress tell us we can… — Barack Obama
I want to be very clear: I will not sign on to any health plan that adds to our deficits over the next decade. — Barack Obama
And so our goal on health care is, if we can get, instead of health care costs going up 6 percent a year, it's going… — Barack Obama
Cutting budget deficits can never be just an exercise in economics. — George Osborne
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 and… — Sarah Palin
Both sides of the aisle - Republican and Democrat - have been unwilling and afraid to address the deficit, and someone's got to. — Rand Paul
Deficits mean future tax increases, pure and simple. Deficit spending should be viewed as a tax on future generations, and politicians who create deficits should… — Ron Paul
The most pressing and significant problems in the global economy are unsustainable structural issues with regard to the E.U. - fiscal deficits and the structure… — Henry Paulson
The only thing growing faster than the federal government's deficit is Chris Matthews' man-crush on Barack Obama. — Tim Pawlenty
What we're discussing privately and publicly, is a budget which is a blueprint for the future which creates jobs, which educates our children, which provides… — Nancy Pelosi
All we're getting from the Democratic majority in Congress and from this White House is more bailouts, more spending, more planned stimulus, more deficits and… — Mike Pence
We can't have deficit spending in Texas. You have to balance your budget every two years. — Rick Perry
We had a $10 billion budget deficit when we got here in January of 2003. We cut that budget deficit; we did not raise taxes;… — Rick Perry
I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself. — Ronald Reagan
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… — Christina Romer
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… — Christina Romer
Fourth, to assure every entrepreneur and every job creator that their investments in America will not vanish as have those in Greece, we will cut… — Mitt Romney
Don't forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921 to 1939 were caused by payments for past, present, and… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mr. Obama denounced the $2.3 trillion added to the national debt on Mr. Bush's watch as 'deficits as far as the eye can see.' But… — Karl Rove
That's what the Romney plan is all about, how to get jobs created, how to get this debt and deficit under control, how to revive… — Paul Ryan
The debt and the deficit is just getting out of control, and the administration is still pumping through billions upon trillions of new spending. That… — Paul Ryan
Which European leader today would not relish the wonder-working powers of a Moses? Budget deficit? Unpopular cuts? How about just a little miracle, an overnight… — Jonathan Sacks

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