Base Quote by Ed Rendell

We don't need more politicians insisting we have deficits because you're not taxed enough. Those deficits ballooned from an economy that didn't grow enough…

— Ronald Reagan

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

When this president was sworn into office, he was handed a deficit of over a trillion dollars. Republicans were in control of Congress for…

— Jay Carney

The problem with our deficit is not because Americans are taxed too little. The problem with the deficit is because Washington spends too much…

— Paul Ryan

[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

We have to get the tax revenues up. That means we have to get back to a healthy American economy, grow the economy so…

— Mick Mulvaney

Weve got to make sure we reduce our deficit. Unfortunately Governor Romneys plan doesnt do it.

— Barack Obama

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

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

In order to reduce the deficit, there has to be revenue in addition to cuts.

— Jim Lehrer

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

— Henry Paulson