America Quote by Chris Christie

Our priority must be to build a path towards balancing the budget, and we cannot tolerate growing deficits.

— Anonymous

We need to balance the budget and force Washington to stop spending more than it takes in.

— Joni Ernst

We can't have deficit spending in Texas. You have to balance your budget every two years.

— Rick Perry

The way to balance the budget is for Congress to cut Social Security, move the retirement age to 70, cut defense, Medicare and veterans…

— Howard Dean

We should balance the budget. If government programs are important enough, we need to pay for them with taxes or make cuts in lesser…

— Robert J. Samuelson

“These are tough times for state governments. Huge deficits loom almost everywhere, from California to New York, from New Jersey to Texas. Wait—Texas? Wasn't…

— Paul Krugman

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…

— Jennifer Granholm

If we weren't running deficits, if we weren't spending more than we were taking in, there would be no reason whatsoever to increase the…

— Ron Johnson

The harsh reality is that we simply cannot tax our way out of our overspending and debt problem. We need a balanced approach that…

— Kevin Brady

Well, first of all, let's go right to it. We're going to balance the budget. We should live within our own means, and we…

— Jeff Sessions

“I don’t think we’ll solve the problem of the deficit until three things happen: We need more discipline on spending in Congress. We need…

— Ronald Reagan

We agree with Simpson and Bowles and others who have looked at this. What's necessary is to stabilize the debt and then work from…

— David Axelrod