Borrowing Quote by John C. Calhoun

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

— Anonymous

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

— Jim Lehrer

Deficit spending is simply a scheme for the confiscation of wealth.

— Alan Greenspan

I shall easily show that it is impossible to tax further, ruinous to be always borrowing and not enough to confine ourselves to measures…

— Charles Alexandre de Calonne

Governments harangue about deficits to get more revenue so they can spend more.

— Allan H. Meltzer

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

The only way to eliminate the deficit in the long run is through growth.

— Edward Lazear

The harsh reality is that we simply cannot tax our way out of our overspending and debt problem. We need a balanced approach that…

— Kevin Brady

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

If we weren't running deficits, if we weren't spending more than we were taking in, there would be no reason whatsoever to increase the…

— Ron Johnson

Moreover, because we chose to finance the way by borrowing, our deficits and debt has soared, and this means we have less room for…

— Joseph Stiglitz

We must create wealth and we must cut our deficits.

— Manuel Valls