Deficit Quote by Edward Lazear Download Open image “The only way to eliminate the deficit in the long run is through growth.” — Edward Lazear ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Deficit Growth Long Long run Running Way
When the economy is growing, there's a lot that can be done to deal with the deficit. — Henry Paulson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
We can't just cut our way to prosperity. Even as we look for ways to reduce deficits over the long term, we must grow… — Jennifer Palmieri Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Well, mathematically, there are three ways that you can cut a deficit. One, of course, is to raise taxes. Number two is to cut… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
When you see what the deficit is, then you have to do something about it. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Deficits are like putting dynamite in the hands of children. They can get out of control very quickly. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
I know economists will say well, we could run a small deficit but the problem is that once you cross that line as we… — Stephen Harper Copy Share Image
I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
One of the things we worry about when we cut the tax on gasoline is that it basically stimulates additional use. — Edward Lazear Copy Share Image
The term 'income inequality' is a bit misleading because it suggests in a somewhat pejorative way that the rich are getting richer at the… — Edward Lazear Copy Share Image
It is a little surprising given the strength of the economy that there is a perception - at least among some of the public… — Edward Lazear Copy Share Image
At times of recession, running a budget deficit is highly desirable. Once the economy begins to recover, you have to balance the budget. But… — George Soros Copy Share Image
There is a nationwide shortage of drugs for Attention Deficit Disorder. The FDA says they're not sure how it happened. I guess somebody wasn't… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
The more competitive value of the dollar turned around the trade deficit. — Martin Feldstein Copy Share Image
Inflation is not caused by the actions of private citizens, but by the government: by an artificial expansion of the money supply required to… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
When you're talking about long-term deficit reduction, $4 trillion worth, entitlement reform needs to be part of it. — Dick Durbin Copy Share Image
I cannot conceive of a politically feasible solution to this problem which will overdo cutting the deficit, where overdoing means harming the economy. It… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
The deficit crisis is real and must be addressed. But it cannot be solved on the backs of the weak and vulnerable. — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
You know, dramas are much more expensive to do than say a comedy, so any kind of deficit like that is picked up on… — Paul Guilfoyle Copy Share Image
The major cause for American Negroes intellectual and social deficits is hereditary and racially genetic in origin and thus not remedial to a major… — William Shockley Copy Share Image
Back in those days, in the fifties and sixties, countries had balance of payment's deficits or surpluses, those were reflected much more than today… — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
What sets black people apart is not some deficit in personal responsibility. It's the weight on our shoulders. That is what's actually different. We… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
