Grow Quote by Pat Buchanan

We can't get to the $4 trillion in savings that we need by just cutting the 12 percent of the budget that pays for…

— Barack Obama

What we need to do is not only live within our means, but start paying down the deficit, and offer an opportunity at least…

— Ron Paul

Don't let the politicians chip away at the New Deal and the Great Society programs like Social Security and Medicare, that puts a floor…

— Helen Thomas

The first thing we have to do is get spending under control in Washington. It's completely out of control. We Republicans came to power…

— John McCain

We could curtail private spending by several trillion dollars a year without requiring painful sacrifices from anyone. That would be more than enough to…

— Robert H. Frank

The way to balance the budget is for Congress to cut Social Security, move the retirement age to 70, cut defense, Medicare and veterans…

— Howard Dean

We've got to take some drastic steps in this country. We can't keep spending and spending.

— Johnny Van Zant

Obviously the first thing we need to do is repeal “Obamacare.” That's one entitlement that we can get rid of. And that's a couple…

— Rick Santorum

I think the only thing that really can be done - it would be painful, but less painful than the calamity we're heading toward…

— Porter Stansberry

The biggest change we have to tackle that's out there is that we're digging the hole deeper and deeper and spending is totally out…

— Jon Runyan

I want to reduce America's deficit by cutting spending that we don't need but also by asking the wealthy to do a little bit…

— Barack Obama

So all of this is possible. Now, in order for us to do it, we do have to close our deficit, and one of…

— Barack Obama