Bridges Quote by Thomas Frank

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

— Henry Paulson

The best way to deal with the deficit is through economic growth.

— Tim Kaine

Maybe that first, gigantic deficit the Reaganites piled up was an accident, just a combination of deluded 'supply side' tax cuts and a huge…

— Thomas Frank

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

— Anonymous

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

Traditionally, the way deficits have been cut is you hold expenditures more or less constant in real dollars and then let growth come in…

— Phil Bredesen

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

When you see what the deficit is, then you have to do something about it.

— Viola Davis

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

The deficit only became a big problem in the Reagan-Bush years. For 12 years, Republican presidents talked about balancing the budget, but failed to…

— Dick Gephardt

The only way to eliminate the deficit in the long run is through growth.

— Edward Lazear

I think where I differ a little bit, we absolutely have to think about the deficit looking down the road. And certainly that's something…

— Christina Romer