Able Quote by Debbie Wasserman Schultz

My hope is that we can get a Republican-Democratic agreement on how we strengthen Social Security as well as looking at some of these…

— Barack Obama

The American people will eventually get hurt by this accumulated deficit. That's the problem. We have too much deficit. We have to find a…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

What does it mean when Republicans and Democrats alike warn us about the 'pain' involved in cutting government spending - in their spending less…

— Theodore J. Forstmann

If we keep kicking the can down the road, if we follow the president's lead or if we pass the Senate budget, then we…

— Paul Ryan

The Bush Republicans' policies are, the antithesis of patriotic. And so we urge Democrats to reclaim patriotism - to call on all Americans to…

— Paul Begala

Our debt is out of control. What was a fiscal challenge is now a fiscal crisis. We cannot deny it; instead we must, as…

— Paul Ryan

If we do nothing, as the Republicans suggest, we're going to see health care costs reach a point where small businesses can't afford it…

— Dick Durbin

My point is cutting spending shouldn't be reliant on the debt limit though. It's something we have to do. The good news for America…

— David Plouffe

I think you're going to see a number of Democrats that do want to see us grapple with spending.

— Amy Klobuchar

We have to reduce the burden placed on our economy by years of deficits and debt.

— Anonymous

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

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