Budget Quote by Zanny Minton Beddoes

What we do want to see is reforms that are going to have a permanent effect on the budget deficit.

— Ed Parker

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 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

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

— Allan H. Meltzer

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

— Ronald Reagan

To avoid large and unsustainable budget deficits, the nation will ultimately have to choose among higher taxes, modifications to entitlement programs such as Social…

— Ben Bernanke

The national budget must be balanced. The public debt must be reduced; the arrogance of the authorities must be moderated and controlled. Payments to…

— Anonymous

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 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

To reduce deficit spending and our enormous debt, you reign in spending. You cut the budget. You don't take more from the private sector…

— Sarah Palin

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

— Tim Kaine

Growth works. What we're doing in the administration to spur growth in terms of regulatory form work. And what we're working is to make…

— Mick Mulvaney