Big Quote by Dick Cheney

When the economy is growing, there's a lot that can be done to deal with the deficit.

— Henry Paulson

Traditionally, the way deficits have been cut is you hold expenditures more or less constant in real dollars and then let growth come in…

— Phil Bredesen

Some of the huge tax breaks that we gave to the wealthiest 1 percent of the population in this country during the Bush era…

— Danny K. Davis

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

— Tim Kaine

When I walked into the Oval Office, I had more than a trillion-dollar deficit greeting me. And we know where it came from: two…

— Barack Obama

The reason this is important is because by doing that, we cannot only reduce the deficit, we cannot only encourage job growth through small…

— Barack Obama

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

— Anonymous

What's hurting the U.S. economy is total government spending. The deficit is an indicator that the government is spending so much money that it…

— Grover Norquist

Slow growth and inflation have a tendency to accompany large deficits and increasing debt as a percentage of GDP.

— Bill Gross

Yes, deficits are a problem. I've been saying so for more than a quarter of a century now. But the problem is not the…

— Ronald Reagan

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

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