Deficit Quote by Iain Duncan Smith

Our priority must be to build a path towards balancing the budget, and we cannot tolerate growing deficits.

— Anonymous

We should reduce total government spending as a percentage of the economy. The left wants to focus on the deficit so they can take…

— Grover Norquist

The single greatest force for deficit reduction is a growing economy.

— Kevin Brady

The economy must be our top priority.

— Doug Burgum

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

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

— Anonymous

My No. 1 priority is growth in the economy. Tax reform will be our first and most important part of that.

— Steve Mnuchin

I think that for the next short period of time, our No. 1 priority is Congress needs to do its work and extend the…

— Jacob Lew

The federal budget deficit isn't the nation's major economic problem and deficit reduction shouldn't be our major goal. Our problem is lack of good…

— Robert Reich

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

— Tim Kaine

The deficit - the U.S. knows our deficit is too large. We are committed to bringing it down. We are bringing it down. The…

— John W. Snow

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