Deficit Quotes

380 Deficit quotes by 257 unique authors

You care about the deficit because it allows you to do things you need to do to help people who are suffering. — Christina Romer
Cold-turkey deficit reduction would cause a significant recession. A recent analysis by the Congressional Budget Office estimated that going headlong over the cliff would cause… — Christina Romer
Honest talk about the deficit is risky. Voters are more enthusiastic about the abstract notion of deficit reduction than about the painful details of accomplishing… — Christina Romer
If you think about it, candidate Obama, Sen. Obama, was running on sort of long-run economic issues, like restoring prosperity to the middle class, dealing… — Christina Romer
The UK downgrade will come as little surprise to many. It does not appear to be occurring because the UK is cutting its deficit too… — John Redwood
The three main political parties all agree the UK deficit is high and needs to be brought down. All agree that it is easier to… — John Redwood
For me, there will be no enemies but unemployment, the deficit, excessive debt, economic stagnation and anything else that keeps our country in these critical… — Mariano Rajoy
We have to change economic policy: create confidence, foster investment, cut the public deficit, restructure taxation and reform the labor laws. — Mariano Rajoy
Thanks to decades of accumulated federal budget deficits and, more significantly, imprudent Medicare and Social Security policies, we've stolen almost $60 trillion from our children. — Steven Rattner
Establishing a 0.03 percent Wall Street speculation fee, similar to what we had from 1914-1966, would dampen the dangerous level of speculation and gambling on… — Bernie Sanders
While Romney has an overall deficit with women voters, his biggest disadvantage is with college educated women - wherever they work, at home, in an… — Mara Liasson
The American people want a balanced budget. They want Congress to stop this barbaric practice of perpetual deficit spending. It really, if you think about… — Mike Lee
Congress had the opportunity to extend tax relief to working families without increasing the deficit. Instead, we were handed a bill that favors the wealthy… — Rick Larsen
I have attention deficit disorder, so sitting in a classroom is not the best thing for me. — Jeremy Miller
I'm dyslexic, I have attention-deficit disorder, and I've got something like a hereditary tremor. — Ozzy Osbourne
The young people I teach now know they are being sold down the river before we even start studying the trends and numbers. That's the… — Kurt Bills
Governing isn't as easy as you think. Many of you have taken pledges that are contradictory - to balance the budget and cut taxes, for… — Brian Baird
What is the biggest public forum in the United States? We were told it's the Super Bowl. The ad shows kids working at blue-collar jobs,… — Joan Blades
Challenges of historic import threaten America's future. Action on the deficit, economy, energy, health care and much more is imperative, yet our legislative institutions fail… — Evan Bayh
Well you know I'm very supportive of what the Tea Party is trying to do. They're very concerned with spending, the deficit, the bailouts, you… — John Boozman
Traditionally, the way deficits have been cut is you hold expenditures more or less constant in real dollars and then let growth come in to… — Phil Bredesen
Let me tell you the story about Massachusetts under Governor Romney. It did fall to 47th out of 50 in jobs creation. Wages went down… — Stephanie Cutter
Reconciliation cannot be used to pass comprehensive health care reform. It won't work because it was never designed for that kind of significant legislation; it… — Kent Conrad
Unfortunately the Republican tax cut will deny important revenues to many states facing their own deficits. This will create greater pressure for higher state and… — Dick Durbin
As the U.S. trade deficit, and the portion of that deficit attributed to China, continue to grow, our own economy is at risk of losing… — Jo Ann Emerson

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