Deficit Quotes

380 Deficit quotes by 257 unique authors

Im asking you to rally around a set of goals for your country, goals in manufacturing, energy, education, national security & the deficit. — Barack Obama
I think that the difficult thing is for the president to answer to his economic record with the failed stimulus, higher health care costs. And… — Kelly Ayotte
I'm not looking to cut massive taxes and to reduce the...the revenues going to the government. My...my number-one principal is, there will be no tax… — Mitt Romney
So if the tax plan he described were a tax plan I was asked to support, I'd say absolutely not. I'm not looking for a… — Mitt Romney
I think first of all, let me...let me repeat...let me repeat what I said. I'm not in favor of a $5 trillion tax cut. That's… — Mitt Romney
Well, mathematically, there are three ways that you can cut a deficit. One, of course, is to raise taxes. Number two is to cut spending.… — Mitt Romney
The president said he'd cut the deficit in half. Unfortunately, he doubled it. Trillion-dollar deficits for the last four years. The president's put it in… — Mitt Romney
You've been president four years. You said you'd cut the deficit in half. It's now four years later. We still have trillion-dollar deficits. The CBO… — Mitt Romney
I mean, you have said before you'd cut the deficit in half. And this...I love this idea of $4 trillion in cuts. You found $4… — Mitt Romney
So all of this is possible. Now, in order for us to do it, we do have to close our deficit, and one of the… — Barack Obama
This is where there's a difference, because Governor Romney's central economic plan calls for a $5 trillion tax cut, on top of the extension of… — Barack Obama
That's why independent studies looking at this said the only way to meet Governor Romney's pledge of not reducing the deficit or...or...or not adding to… — Barack Obama
The fact is that if you are lowering the rates the way you described, Governor, then it is not possible to come up with enough… — Barack Obama
I have said that for incomes over $250,000 a year, that we should go back to the rates that we had when Bill Clinton was… — Barack Obama
The reason this is important is because by doing that, we cannot only reduce the deficit, we cannot only encourage job growth through small businesses,… — Barack Obama
That kind of approach, I believe, will not grow our economy, because the only way to pay for it without either burdening the middle class… — Barack Obama
Bill Clinton tried the approach that I'm talking about. We created 23 million new jobs. We went from deficit to surplus. And businesses did very… — Barack Obama
When I walked into the Oval Office, I had more than a trillion-dollar deficit greeting me. And we know where it came from: two wars… — Barack Obama
Now, we all know that we've got to do more. And so I've put forward a specific $4 trillion deficit reduction plan. It's on a… — Barack Obama
The way we do it is $2.50 for every cut, we ask for $1 of additional revenue, paid for, as I indicated earlier, by asking… — Barack Obama
The uninformed must improve their deficit, or die. — Cheshire Cat
Weve got to make sure we reduce our deficit. Unfortunately Governor Romneys plan doesnt do it. — Barack Obama
We will continue to work for deficit reduction that will not burden farmers, particularly after the high fuel costs and extreme weather of the 2005… — Saxby Chambliss
Now is our best chance for bipartisan, comprehensive tax reform that encourages job creation & helps bring down the deficit. — Barack Obama
Let's be clear: deficit reduction alone is not an economic plan. — Barack Obama

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