Deficit Quotes

380 Deficit quotes by 257 unique authors

I think it's because we're looking for the meaning. Where is the meaning? We have mindless jobs, we take frantic vacations, deficit finance trips to… — Matthew McConaughey
We developed during the 1990s a series of budget process rules that helped us bring to heel these deficits, diminishing every year and moving the… — John Spratt
Looking at the high cost of occupation in Iraq and the needs we have in this country, would it not have been better to have… — Timothy J. Russert
To many Congressmen and Senators right now, there's a ceaseless antagonism toward Hollywood because politically, it is high-reward and low-risk. So when you can't do… — Jack Valenti
Countries with deficit don't want to pay the bill, and they want to get more loans, and countries with superiority, they don't want to help… — Sebastian Pinera
Our first benchmark is to cut the deficit more quickly to safeguard Britain’s credit rating. I know that we are taking a political gamble to… — George Osborne
In his 16 years in the Senate, John Kerry has fought against government waste and worked hard to bring some accountability to Washington. Early in… — Zell Miller
It is my view that what is important is cutting government spending, however spending is financed. A so-called deficit is a disguised and hidden form… — Milton Friedman
Essentially, when we run a deficit, we are borrowing money to buy things that are made overseas. — Peter DeFazio
Online we have a compassion deficit — Monica Lewinsky
Today, however, anti-vaccine activists go out of their way to claim that they are not anti-vaccine; they’re pro-vaccine. They just want vaccines to be safer.… — Paul A. Offit
Pennsylvania is facing challenging economic times, a multi-billion dollar budget deficit, and negative cash flow projections. My Budget Deficit and Fiscal Stabilization Task Force will… — Tom Wolf
It's impossible to imagine the Democratic Party seeking a pro-life, free-trading, non-protectionist, deficit hawk. — John McCain
But because we in the United States finance our current account deficit by borrowing in our own currency, we can move to a more competitive… — Martin Feldstein
If the Nation is living within its income, its credit is good. If, in some crises, it lives beyond its income for a year or… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
It's easy to blame the nature-deficit disorder on the kids' or the parents' back, but they also need the help of urban planners, schools, libraries… — Richard Louv
The folks celebrating Jim Bunning are seeing him as an anti-government, anti-spending activist. But to embrace Jim Bunning is to embrace a strange record, if… — Rachel Maddow
The war on terrorism has made national security a legitimate concern, and a rising deficit, changes brought on by globalization and even the price of… — Roger Mahony
In addition to a soaring stock market, 6.6 million jobs have been created since tax relief measures went into effect in 2003. Our deficit situation… — Randy Neugebauer
It is day after day in this institution, borrow money, run up the debt, run up the deficits and then with a straight face say,… — Richard Neal
Social Security faces a long-term actuarial deficit, yes. — Peter R. Orszag
Well, a deficit reflects an imbalance between spending and revenue, and so narrowing it requires acting on one, the other or both. — Peter R. Orszag
Well, I think what we need to remember is that budget deficits can impede economic activity. — Peter R. Orszag
Because of President Obama's failed record on nearly every issue from the economy to the deficit to Medicare, the Obama campaign has become increasingly dirty,… — Reince Priebus
I served at a time when we had a strong economy, when we had deficits that we would die for today. I was able to… — Rob Portman

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