Class Quote by Marty Meehan

After a decade of profligacy, the American people are tired of politicians who talk the talk but don't walk the walk when it comes…

— Barack Obama

You can't blame the administration and the Republicans for taking us back to deficits, for spending the Social Security surplus and assaulting the environment.…

— William J. Clinton

Well, I think what we need to remember is that budget deficits can impede economic activity.

— Anonymous

Some of the huge tax breaks that we gave to the wealthiest 1 percent of the population in this country during the Bush era…

— Danny K. Davis

First, the year 2004, the year past, the Comptroller General of the United States, David A. Walker, said that arguably it was the worst…

— Jim Cooper

To be fair, Republicans are not blameless. The deficit began to spiral out of control on President Bush's watch.

— Rob Woodall

[I]n America, at least, we have a pretty good record for behaving in a fiscally responsible fashion, with one exception - namely, the fiscal…

— Paul Krugman

We had a $10 billion budget deficit when we got here in January of 2003. We cut that budget deficit; we did not raise…

— Rick Perry

We must stop spending money that we just don't have. Historic debt leads to historic tax increases, which stifle job growth.

— Kristi Noem

Yes, it is long past time we get serious about tackling the nation's ever-growing deficits. But the average American family drawn into serious debt…

— Peter Welch

One of the cruellest things of all is to have a huge deficit in this country, meaning that everyone's children will be expected to…

— Grant Shapps

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