Agree Quote by John Redwood

Trying to cut the deficit too far, too fast isn't working. The government must adopt a steadier, more balanced plan to get our deficit…

— Ed Balls

Governments need to lay out a credible path to reducing their deficits in the medium term, but without excessively enfeebling an already weak recovery.…

— Zanny Minton Beddoes

Cutting the fiscal deficit is not popular. That is the experience of all governments in all countries. Expenditure cuts hurt certain vested interests, and…

— Manmohan Singh

We don't need more politicians insisting we have deficits because you're not taxed enough. Those deficits ballooned from an economy that didn't grow enough…

— Ronald Reagan

Deficits must be cut, yes, but the rush to austerity risks undermining the fragile global recovery.

— Alistair Darling

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

I have said repeatedly I do want to take longer to eliminate the deficit than the other parties. Because I want to see us…

— Nicola Sturgeon

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

— Allan H. Meltzer

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

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

— Tim Kaine

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

The number one priority now is reducing the deficit that they [Labour] left us - the biggest deficit since the Second World War.

— Iain Duncan Smith