Control Quote by Nina Easton

Larger deficits are necessary and proper means to mitigate unemployment as the far greater evil in terms of human welfare.

— William Vickrey

The way to reduce the deficit is to create jobs and work opportunities so that people will have money with which to pay taxes.

— Danny K. Davis

If you lose control of your debt and deficit, you get massive cuts in things such as health and education. You get appalling insecurity,…

— David Cameron

Chronic deficits drastically reduce government's ability to make those infrastructure investments that business needs to grow and create jobs.

— Anonymous

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

— Henry Paulson

Well, a deficit reflects an imbalance between spending and revenue, and so narrowing it requires acting on one, the other or both.

— Anonymous

Long-term unemployment is particularly costly to those directly affected, of course. But in addition, because of its negative effects on workers' skills and attachment…

— Ben Bernanke

...deficit consumption is, in effect, drawing down on the capital entitlements of future generations

— Jonathon Porritt

Near-term deficits are temporary and manageable if - and only if - we keep spending in check, the tax burden low and the economy…

— Jim Nussle

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

Having a trade deficit and a budget deficit, it's two different things.

— Stephanie Ruhle

Budget cuts if you're not rich, tax cuts if you are. Less money for those who don't have any and more to those who…

— Will Durst