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The deficit only became a big problem in the Reagan-Bush years. For 12 years, Republican presidents talked about balancing the budget, but failed to…

— Dick Gephardt

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

President Obama has offered a plan with 4 trillion dollars in debt reduction over a decade, with two and a half dollars of spending…

— William J. Clinton

To reduce deficit spending and our enormous debt, you reign in spending. You cut the budget. You don't take more from the private sector…

— Sarah Palin

Well, I think the president has clearly submitted us a tight budget, but it's what's called for if we're going to get spending under…

— Thad Cochran

The best way to deal with the deficit is through economic growth.

— Tim Kaine

Obama has offered no solutions; his Democratic majority in the Senate has failed to produce a budget in 1,200 days; and they have both…

— David Limbaugh

We cannot win the future, expand the economy and spur job creation if we are saddled with increasingly growing deficits. That is why the…

— Anonymous

We get to a balanced budget within eight to 10 years. We do it by reducing spending in a whole series of programs. By…

— Mitt Romney

In the budget, the president will call for a five-year freeze on discretionary spending other than for national security. This will reduce the deficit…

— Anonymous

Obama is not only obstructing budget reform; it's almost as if he is trying to make matters worse.

— David Limbaugh

The federal budget deficit isn't the nation's major economic problem and deficit reduction shouldn't be our major goal. Our problem is lack of good…

— Robert Reich