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I don't know how anyone can keep a straight face and say they are for deficit reduction while they insist on a permanent tax…

— Claire McCaskill

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

— Chris Murphy

If you're really concerned about deficits, you cannot take seriously a budget that would give $30 billion a year worth of tax cuts to…

— Barack Obama

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

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

When Republicans say, 'The first thing you do when you do deficit reduction is reduce rates,' it would be like Democrats saying, 'The first…

— Chuck Schumer

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

— Keith Ellison

Higher taxes never reduce the deficit. Governments spend whatever they take in and then whatever they can get away with.

— Milton Friedman

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

— Annie Lowrey

If we want cut the deficit, let's talk about raising taxes on corporations and the wealthiest individuals - not putting air traffic controllers out…

— Jasmine Crockett

Make no mistake: Republican tax cuts for the rich will bankrupt our country - and it's the grandkids of the middle class who will…

— Seth Moulton

I don't think the deficit of the country is a Republican issue or a Democratic issue. I think it's a country issue. I don't…

— Indra Nooyi