Deficits Quotes

101 Deficits quotes by 82 unique authors

Our practical choice is not between a tax-cut deficit and a budgetary surplus. It is between two kinds of deficits: a chronic deficit of inertia,… — John F. Kennedy
Maybe that first, gigantic deficit the Reaganites piled up was an accident, just a combination of deluded 'supply side' tax cuts and a huge bag… — Thomas Frank
When done right - or wrong, depending on how you look at it - deficits remove liberal options from the table. Suddenly there's no money… — Thomas Frank
I've, we have in this state, like many other states, we're experiencing an enormous budget deficit that we're trying to grapple with. But we will… — Jennifer Granholm
Deficits must be cut, yes, but the rush to austerity risks undermining the fragile global recovery. — Alistair Darling
Californians are worried about whether they will have a job along with ballooning federal spending and deficits. — Carly Fiorina
Tonight was a great opportunity to take on the political status quo that has given us trillion dollar deficits and put millions out of work.… — Gary Johnson
Instead of seeing these children for the blessings that they are, we are measuring them only by the standard of whether they will be future… — Jonathan Kozol
Christmas is the time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell government what they want… — Richard Lamm
I want to be very clear: I will not sign on to any health plan that adds to our deficits over the next decade. — Barack Obama
Cutting budget deficits can never be just an exercise in economics. — George Osborne
Deficits mean future tax increases, pure and simple. Deficit spending should be viewed as a tax on future generations, and politicians who create deficits should… — Ron Paul
The most pressing and significant problems in the global economy are unsustainable structural issues with regard to the E.U. - fiscal deficits and the structure… — Henry Paulson
All we're getting from the Democratic majority in Congress and from this White House is more bailouts, more spending, more planned stimulus, more deficits and… — Mike Pence
Don't forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921 to 1939 were caused by payments for past, present, and… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mr. Obama denounced the $2.3 trillion added to the national debt on Mr. Bush's watch as 'deficits as far as the eye can see.' But… — Karl Rove
The problems seem so easy out there on the stump. Deficits shrink with a rhetorical flourish. — Hugh Sidey
Barack Obama's life was so much simpler in 2009. Back then, he had refined the cold act of blaming others for the bad economy into… — John Sununu
The party in power almost always unapologetically engages in deficit spending, while the other party argues passionately against the evils of debt and deficits. — Matt Taibbi
Deficits are like putting dynamite in the hands of children. They can get out of control very quickly. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
These days the technology can solve our problems and then some. Solutions may not only erase physical or mental deficits but leave patients better off… — Daniel H. Wilson
The most positive step is to try to expand the employment base by making it, if not economically friendly, at least not economically disastrous, for… — Dick Wolf
Someone once said that nothing costs more and yields less benefit than revenge,” Aomame said. “Winston Churchill. As I recall it, though, he was making… — Haruki Murakami
Governments harangue about deficits to get more revenue so they can spend more. — Allan H. Meltzer
Ronald Reagan felt very great regret about the deficits to which he contributed on his watch. — Eugene Jarecki

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