Below Quote by John W. Snow

I think where I differ a little bit, we absolutely have to think about the deficit looking down the road. And certainly that's something…

— Christina Romer

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

— Cindy Hyde-Smith

The problem with our deficit is not because Americans are taxed too little. The problem with the deficit is because Washington spends too much…

— Paul Ryan

When the economy is growing, there's a lot that can be done to deal with the deficit.

— Henry Paulson

Understanding that yes, we are committing more resources than we thought we might be in protecting our homeland and prosecuting a war and so…

— Donald Evans

We are worried about the size of the deficit, which is why the president is pleased that the House and Senate have followed his…

— Ken Mehlman

The American people will eventually get hurt by this accumulated deficit. That's the problem. We have too much deficit. We have to find a…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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 goal is to reduce the size and scope of government spending, not to focus on the deficit. The deficit is the symptom of…

— Grover Norquist

One of the reasons the deficit got as big as it did, frankly, was because of the economic slowdown, the fall-off in deficits, the…

— Dick Cheney

American's greatest deficit is no longer found in the federal budget. It is a moral deficit, and it may be found in a polluted…

— Pat Buchanan

One of the reasons we don't have our deficit under control is because Republicans are wusses and won't tell their base a simple fact…

— Ed Rendell