American history Quote by John F. Kerry

When George Bush came into office, we had surpluses. And now we have half-a-trillion-dollar deficit annually. When George Bush came into office, our national…

— Barack Obama

To reduce deficit spending and our enormous debt, you reign in spending. You cut the budget. You don't take more from the private sector…

— Sarah Palin

The president said he'd cut the deficit in half. Unfortunately, he doubled it. Trillion-dollar deficits for the last four years. The president's put it…

— Mitt Romney

He [Barack Obama] talked about deficit reduction. This got me he was talking about how the deficit's being reduced faster in the last 60…

— Barack Obama

Regan and George W Bush put the United States in more debt than all the other presidents combined.

— Anonymous

During the 2016 presidential campaign, candidate Donald Trump pledged to eliminate our national debt 'over a period of eight years.' Now two years into…

— Seth Moulton

Deficits and debt threaten the growing American economy and our national security over the long term.

— Cindy Hyde-Smith

Under President Obama, we have spent more money - he has spent more money than any other president in this history, actually, the combined…

— Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Obama did inherit a deficit when he came into office. Why this fact justifies racking up vastly more debt and bigger deficits is a…

— Jonah Goldberg

When President Bush left office, the deficit was approximately $500 billion. It is now approximately now $1.5 trillion. In other words, President Obama has…

— Tim Pawlenty

It's disappointing that President Obama - who ran for office in 2008 saying he was going to be a fiscally responsible president - has…

— Raul Labrador

Faster economic growth helps raise the economy which raises revenues. And that helps us tackle the deficit. There's two things we've got to do…

— Paul Ryan