Deficit Quotes

380 Deficit quotes by 257 unique authors

We are worried about the size of the deficit, which is why the president is pleased that the House and Senate have followed his lead… — Ken Mehlman
The reason Ronald Reagan gets slammed for having so badly exacerbated the problem of deficit spending is that he so plainly deserves it. — Daniel Keys Moran
Money flows into the US, and inflates US assets, and allows the US to have a monstrous trade deficit. That means we are consuming more… — David Korten
With attention deficit democracy, I am trying to wake up people to how the combination of mass ignorance, fear mongering by the government, and lying… — James Bovard
Well, the U.S. is running a current account deficit; we are creating lots of investment opportunities in the United States that exceed our own domestic… — John W. Snow
The financial report makes it very clear that if we got into honest budgeting today, that in fact we would find ourselves with a much… — Jim Costa
As a matter of fact, if you do not take into account, as Congressman Ross just stated, the Social Security surplus, our fiscal deficit, ladies… — Jim Costa
For the last 4 years, our Federal Government has produced the four biggest deficits in history, and the estimated 2006 deficit of $423 billion is… — Melissa Bean
We are on pace this year to have a trade deficit that is larger than $800 billion. We have never faced that before, but we… — Xavier Becerra
That level of trade deficit throttles real growth in our country and continues the unfortunate path of selling out America. We are not winning the… — Marcy Kaptur
In fact, our monthly trade deficit figure is so huge it equals the entire annual budget of our Department of Veterans Affairs. Veterans fought to… — Marcy Kaptur
While there are no easy solutions to this problem, the Deficit Reduction Act gets us started in the right direction by beginning with the most… — Jim Ryun
What we do want to see is reforms that are going to have a permanent effect on the budget deficit. — Ed Parker
When you look at the state of the economy right now, you have to set a priority. And my top priority is the deficit of… — Mark Kirk
But the debt limit obviously is something that needs to and will be passed. That is not inconsistent with a process and a belief that… — David Plouffe
In fact, I think - our view of this is that while the agreement, the compromise did not achieve the kind of super-sized deficit reduction… — Jay Carney
I am a deficit hawk. — Dick Cheney
Of course we have to address the deficit if we win. — Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Whenever the debate moves on to hard numbers - our deficit with Europe, our surplus with the rest of the world, our Brussels budget contributions,… — Daniel Hannan
In the budget, the president will call for a five-year freeze on discretionary spending other than for national security. This will reduce the deficit by… — Jacob Lew
Our fiat currency is under increasing stress with our large and growing trade deficits. We have a federal deficit that is calculated in the trillions… — George Noory
In addition to myself and a number of others, President Clinton talked about the deficit and the debt issue. And he pointed out, really, what… — Chris Van Hollen
We should reduce total government spending as a percentage of the economy. The left wants to focus on the deficit so they can take us… — Grover Norquist
In order to reduce the deficit, there has to be revenue in addition to cuts. — Jim Lehrer
Europe is difficult to coordinate, and our main deficit may not even lie in this area of finance and economics, but in foreign and security… — Peer Steinbruck

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