Billions Quote by Tony Burke

The amount of debt we're adding, at a trillion a year, is simply not moral.

— Mitt Romney

Deficit spending is simply a scheme for the confiscation of wealth.

— Alan Greenspan

Essentially, when we run a deficit, we are borrowing money to buy things that are made overseas.

— Peter DeFazio

It's the [George Bush] president's fiscal policies that have driven up the biggest deficits in American history. He's added more debt to the debt…

— John F. Kerry

And here's the fact: the fact is it doesn't solve the problem. First of all, if you taxed these people at 100 percent, basically…

— Marco Rubio

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

— Allan H. Meltzer

The government deficit is the difference between the amount of money the government spends and the amount it has the nerve to collect.

— Sam Ewing

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

— Henry Paulson

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

The deficit crisis is real and must be addressed. But it cannot be solved on the backs of the weak and vulnerable.

— Bernie Sanders

Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people.

— Wendell Phillips

It's not debt per say that overwhelms an individual corporation or country. Rather it is a continuous increase in debt in relation to income…

— Warren Buffett