Deficit Quotes

380 Deficit quotes by 257 unique authors

We cannot expect that everyone, to use the phrase of a decade ago, will talk sense to the American people. But we can hope that… — John F. Kennedy
Conservatives in general, and even so called Tea Party conservatives, are not against transportation spending. Indeed, interstate commerce is one purpose of interstate highways and… — Unknown Author
Everything is explained now. We live in an age when you say casually to somebody 'What's the story on that?' and they can run to… — Tom Waits
By restraining spending and by cutting the deficit, Republican policies are helping to keep our economy strong. — Dennis Hastert
...deficit consumption is, in effect, drawing down on the capital entitlements of future generations — Jonathon Porritt
Reconciliation is a special budget procedure to change entitlement and tax laws. It cannot be filibustered and requires only a simple majority in the Senate… — Jeff Miller
It is a paradoxical truth that tax rates are too high and tax revenues are too low and the soundest way to raise the revenues… — John F. Kennedy
We need to get beyond the politics of the moment, the deficit of the hour, the military count of the day, the numbers that rarely… — Bill Bradley
I think it's absolutely clear that the fiscal path we are on is not sustainable, and for me, the best analogy is these deficits are… — Erskine Bowles
This nation is on a course where if we don't do something about it, get federal situation, the fiscal policy [under control], we're Greece. We're… — Judd Gregg
We think we can't survive without deficit spending - but we soon won't be able to survive with deficit spending, either. — Tony Blankley
From the time we begin school, if not sooner, we are taught to be blind to our assets and only see our deficits. We are… — Dawna Markova
The U. S. trade deficit with China shows that while we value the potential of their market, they value the reality of our market. It… — Adam Schiff
Welfarism and excessive spending and deficits and socialism divide us, because everybody has to go to Washington. Those who have the biggest clout, whose who… — Ron Paul
America knows it has got to deal with its deficit problems so that it, too, can promise it is making its proper and best contributions… — Gordon Brown
Europe is right to tell us to reduce this [France's budget] deficit and spend less. Europe is right to demand this of us but cannot… — Nicolas Sarkozy
The biggest deficit that we have in our society and in the world right now is an empathy deficit. We are in great need of… — Barack Obama
The world doesn't just revolve around you. There's a lot of talk in this country about the federal deficit. But I think we should talk… — Barack Obama
What is the empathy deficit? The inability of people to stand in other folks shoes. It's hard to empathize with people who have different values… — Barack Obama
From the point of view of the meditative traditions the entire society is suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. — Jon Kabat-Zinn
The only way that we can reduce our financial dependence on the inflow of funds from the rest of the world is to reduce our… — Martin Feldstein
During the fiscal year ending in 1861, expenses of the federal government had been $67 million. After the first year of armed conflict they were… — G. Edward Griffin
If a trade deficit is determined solely by rates of savings and investment, then the U.S. trade deficit will be impervious to a get-tough trade… — Unknown Author
[T]he only way to shrink the trade deficit is for the government to prohibit us from buying whatever we want. — John Stossel
In my view, [the trade deficit] will create political turmoil at some point...Pretty soon, I think there will be a big adjustment. — Warren Buffett

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