Balance Quote by John James Cowperthwaite

To finance deficits, the government must sell bonds to investors, competing for capital that could otherwise be used to invest in stocks or corporate…

— Alex Berenson

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

Essentially, when we run a deficit, we are borrowing money to buy things that are made overseas.

— Peter DeFazio

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

— Alan Greenspan

The government deficit is the difference between the amount of money the government spends and the amount it has the nerve to collect.

— Sam Ewing

Deficit spending is simply a scheme for the 'hidden' confiscation of wealth. Gold stands in the way of this insidious process. It stands as…

— Alan Greenspan

If the Nation is living within its income, its credit is good. If, in some crises, it lives beyond its income for a year…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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

— Anonymous

You have to tackle the real drivers of debt - that's mandatory spending, not discretionary.

— Dan Crenshaw

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

— Allan H. Meltzer

One truism of federal budgeting is that growing deficits force difficult spending decisions, and when they do, programs to help the poor are usually…

— Brian Deese

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

— Tim Kaine