Elites Quote by Mehdi Hasan Download Open image “Deficit, deficit, deficit. The political and media elites are obsessed with the D-word.” — Mehdi Hasan ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Elites Media Obsessed Political Politics
[Deficits are] a yawner. We, as Republicans, have talked about deficits and balanced budgets since the days of Roosevelt, and the people simply haven't… — Paul Laxalt Copy Share Image
Well, a deficit reflects an imbalance between spending and revenue, and so narrowing it requires acting on one, the other or both. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have spoken about deficits, and I think deficits are important because they address broad economic and financial stability. We need to talk about… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
It has been obvious all along, to anyone paying attention, that the politicians shouting loudest about deficits are actually using deficit hysteria as a… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
One of the issues that we professional newspaper columnists are required by union regulations to voice grave concern about is the federal budget deficit,… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Deficits are anathema to most Republicans. And Democrats widely believe that government spending should fall as the economy recovers. — Annie Lowrey Copy Share Image
[T]here's a good reason to stay pessimistic about deficits as far as the eye can see. It's called the 'news' media. Legislators who want… — L. Brent Bozell, Jr Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Deficits are like putting dynamite in the hands of children. They can get out of control very quickly. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
The problems seem so easy out there on the stump. Deficits shrink with a rhetorical flourish. — Hugh Sidey Copy Share Image
It seems to me there are good deficits and bad deficits. Now, we have a deficit that comes from the militarization of our society… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Conservatives were brought up to hate deficits and justifiably so. We've long thought there are two things in Washington that are unbalanced - the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
How is it that labels like 'centrist' and 'moderate,' which common sense tells us should reflect the views of a majority of Americans, have… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
Shortly after he became the first Muslim to attend cabinet, I urged Sadiq Khan to be prepared. The Islamophobes, the new McCarthyites, would at… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
In theory, the filibuster helps whichever party is in the minority in the Senate. In practice, it is the Republicans who have disproportionately used… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
We have to find a way to try and reconcile our beliefs - and Islam, like Judaism and Christianity, has traditionally seen homosexuality as… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
Even as evidence mounts that immigration is bolstering the British economy, the political consensus seems to be that bashing immigration boosts electoral fortunes. — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
I think that the anti-Semitic problem in the British Muslim community is worse than among the community at large. — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
My fundamental concern about the role of faith groups in providing social provision is democratic: how do we hold them to account? To whom… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
None of us believes in an untrammelled right to free speech. We all agree there are always going to be lines that, for the… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
Anti-Semitism isn't just tolerated in some sections of the British Muslim community; it's routine and commonplace. — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
There's a general ignorance about how Muslims live and what Muslims believe. — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
The truth is that the dream of 'two states for two peoples,' born in the '90s, died in the noughties. The two-state solution, the… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
This is what I say about the scorn of the media elite: I wear their scorn as a badge of honor. — Dan Quayle Copy Share Image
The idea of a bowed and terrified liberal minority during McCarthy's 'reign of terror' is poppycock. Then as now, all elite opinion was against… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
This is the culmination of a lot of people's vision. I think this is just another step towards making Central Michigan football among the… — Kevin Kelly Copy Share Image
The majority of Arab people would side with Russia and China, not with the West. And they'd throw their 'elites' groomed in and by… — Andre Vltchek Copy Share Image
Above all, the listener should be able to understand the poem or the song, not be forced to unravel a complicated, self-indulgent puzzle. Offer… — Lucinda Williams Copy Share Image
The anger I felt when the ACLU tried to disenfranchise me because my religious stayed with me. These are dangerous people who make dangerous… — Henry Hyde Copy Share Image
The behavior and reactions of the oppressed, which lead the oppressor to practice cultural invasion, should evoke from the revolutionary a different theory of… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
I pretend no originality in observing that mass education was motivated in part by the perceived need to "educate them to keep them from… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Dependency arguments often come from elites - either aid agencies or governments - and say something about attitudes to poor people. — Paul Harvey Copy Share Image
Professional football's a tough game. It's a lot of contact. It's a lot of wear and tear on your body. You've got elite athletes… — John Urschel Copy Share Image
I think there's just been this "thing" that's developed, this way that we have of talking about our music that alienates people. And I… — Missy Mazzoli Copy Share Image
Skilled shortages in America exist because we are shielding our skilled labor force from world competition. [Visa quotas] have been substituted for the wage… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
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