Quote by Ronald Reagan

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

— Milton Friedman

We want to make sure that tax reform doesn't increase the size of the deficit.

— Steve Mnuchin

Governments don't reduce deficits by raising taxes on the people; governments reduce deficits by controlling spending and stimulating new wealth.

— Ronald Reagan

Governments harangue about deficits to get more revenue so they can spend more.

— Allan H. Meltzer

We don't need more politicians insisting we have deficits because you're not taxed enough. Those deficits ballooned from an economy that didn't grow enough…

— Ronald Reagan

“I don’t think we’ll solve the problem of the deficit until three things happen: We need more discipline on spending in Congress. We need…

— Ronald Reagan

Look, I don't dispute that the deficit has increased.

— Austan Goolsbee

Deficits mean future tax increases, pure and simple. Deficit spending should be viewed as a tax on future generations, and politicians who create deficits…

— Ron Paul

If the government could tax broken hearts, there would be no deficit.

— Anonymous

It seems to me that instead of cutting taxes, we ought to be increasing the taxes to pay off the deficit, rather than let…

— Walter Cronkite

“What if the Federal deficit is a lie?”

— Aaron B. Powell

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