Budget Quote by Neera Tanden

Republicans know that government spending creates jobs. They just want that spending to be funneled to their projects and districts... and they certainly don't…

— Jennifer Granholm

Republicans profess to be against deficits, but they are experts at creating and exacerbating deficits.

— Keith Ellison

As I'm learning, Republicans seem to only care about deficits when a Democrat is in the White House.

— Chris Murphy

When [Republicans] say they can reduce taxes and trim deficits at the same time, they are either deluded or deceptive, and they are playing…

— E. J. Dionne

The party in power almost always unapologetically engages in deficit spending, while the other party argues passionately against the evils of debt and deficits.

— Matt Taibbi

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

Deficits are anathema to most Republicans. And Democrats widely believe that government spending should fall as the economy recovers.

— Annie Lowrey

[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

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has used his state's budget deficit as an excuse to attack collective-bargaining rights.

— Neera Tanden

Republicans spend and borrow, Democrats tax and spend.

— Stan Jones

Outrageous fiscal mendacity is neither historically normal nor bipartisan. It's a modern Republican thing.

— Paul Krugman

The modern GOP has perfected this cyclical deficit outrage ritual. Republicans run up the tab when they control the White House, then scream about…

— Ari Melber