Able Quote by Tony Blankley

We cannot win the future, expand the economy and spur job creation if we are saddled with increasingly growing deficits. That is why the…

— Anonymous

One of the reasons we don't have our deficit under control is because Republicans are wusses and won't tell their base a simple fact…

— Ed Rendell

We have to cut spending. We're - the thing is out of control.

— Tim Pawlenty

Our priority must be to build a path towards balancing the budget, and we cannot tolerate growing deficits.

— Anonymous

Well, I think what we need to remember is that budget deficits can impede economic activity.

— Anonymous

The American people will eventually get hurt by this accumulated deficit. That's the problem. We have too much deficit. We have to find a…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The [budget] deficit isn't the immediate problem for most people, the weak economy is.

— Cynthia Tucker

The federal budget deficit isn't the nation's major economic problem and deficit reduction shouldn't be our major goal. Our problem is lack of good…

— Robert Reich

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

We can't have deficit spending in Texas. You have to balance your budget every two years.

— Rick Perry

I think it's absolutely clear that the fiscal path we are on is not sustainable, and for me, the best analogy is these deficits…

— Erskine Bowles

We can't continue to tax, borrow, and spend at the rates that we are, and it's just got to be stopped.

— Chuck Fleischmann