American Quote by Claire McCaskill

True conservatives would not be concerned about deficits when liberals are in power, but then ignore them entirely when the Republican party wants to…

— Neera Tanden

The way to reduce the deficit is to create jobs and work opportunities so that people will have money with which to pay taxes.

— Danny K. Davis

It seems to me that instead of cutting taxes, we ought to be increasing the taxes to pay off the deficit, rather than let…

— Walter Cronkite

If we want cut the deficit, let's talk about raising taxes on corporations and the wealthiest individuals - not putting air traffic controllers out…

— Jasmine Crockett

If you're really concerned about deficits, you cannot take seriously a budget that would give $30 billion a year worth of tax cuts to…

— Barack Obama

Higher taxes never reduce the deficit. Governments spend whatever they take in and then whatever they can get away with.

— Milton Friedman

Budget cuts if you're not rich, tax cuts if you are. Less money for those who don't have any and more to those who…

— Will Durst

It has been obvious all along, to anyone paying attention, that the politicians shouting loudest about deficits are actually using deficit hysteria as a…

— Paul Krugman

The problem isn't a Congress that won't cut spending or a president who won't raise taxes. The problem is an American public with a…

— P. J. O'Rourke

Democrats have always wanted to grow government with revenues from our society's producers. They aren't sincere about reducing the deficit, because they will not…

— David Limbaugh

We see no justification in these economic times for those, and they're patriotic Americans. They're not asking for this continued tax cut. They're not…

— Joe Biden

When Republicans say, 'The first thing you do when you do deficit reduction is reduce rates,' it would be like Democrats saying, 'The first…

— Chuck Schumer