Budget deficit Quote by Dave Barry

[T]here's a good reason to stay pessimistic about deficits as far as the eye can see. It's called the 'news' media. Legislators who want…

— L. Brent Bozell, Jr

Deficit, deficit, deficit. The political and media elites are obsessed with the D-word.

— Mehdi Hasan

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 problems seem so easy out there on the stump. Deficits shrink with a rhetorical flourish.

— Hugh Sidey

[Deficits are] a yawner. We, as Republicans, have talked about deficits and balanced budgets since the days of Roosevelt, and the people simply haven't…

— Paul Laxalt

Well, a deficit reflects an imbalance between spending and revenue, and so narrowing it requires acting on one, the other or both.

— Anonymous

We probably give newspaper columnists too much weight.

— Lionel Shriver

Budget cuts are a sad reality in most newsrooms, and I am concerned that they reduce the collective muscle of journalists who are doing…

— Jill Abramson

I have spoken about deficits, and I think deficits are important because they address broad economic and financial stability. We need to talk about…

— Ben Bernanke

Take a look at the current debates in Washington, and of course, everything in the media. Only one issue is discussed: the deficit -…

— Noam Chomsky

The financial report makes it very clear that if we got into honest budgeting today, that in fact we would find ourselves with a…

— Jim Costa

For almost 50 years polls have shown that a large majority of the public believe that the budget should be balanced, and for all…

— Herbert Stein