Top 571 Deficit Quotes & Sayings - Page 3
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Last updated on December 22, 2024.
The Democratic Party has been perceived to have a deficit of credibility on defense issues since the Vietnam War, unfairly or not.
We do ourselves a disservice when some of us cave to the myth that Social Security somehow drives the deficit.
If you are wearing a bandana you better have something wise to say, because you are starting with a credibility deficit.
Everybody has to agree that the best thing we can do to start reducing the deficit in this country is to put people back to work.
Today I am pledging to cut the deficit we inherited in half by the end of my first term in office.
will stifle economic growth, destroy jobs, reduce revenues, and increase the deficit.
When you're talking about long-term deficit reduction, $4 trillion worth, entitlement reform needs to be part of it.
My advice for Sebastian Kehl is: if you have a 35-point deficit in the league, it is better to shut up.
At his best, Obama promised to work with Republicans to reduce the deficit in a way that honors both individualism and community.
When the country's indebtedness is so colossal and where the budget deficit is so huge, there is a moral obligation on people to pay their fair and reasonable dues.
I worked at the White House in the early Reagan administration at a time when the deficit rocket really started to take off.
What we should be doing is responsibly addressing the primary drivers of our debt and deficit issues.
I'm one of those that have said, one of my key principles is I will not support a health care reform bill that is not deficit-neutral, period.
Some of the huge tax breaks that we gave to the wealthiest 1 percent of the population in this country during the Bush era have contributed significantly to the deficit.
If you're worried about the deficit, pay attention to the fact that it's almost all attributable to military spending and the totally dysfunctional health program.
[T]he only way to shrink the trade deficit is for the government to prohibit us from buying whatever we want.
When the democratic deficit is so enormous, people are left with very little option but to take peaceful, non-violent direct action.
The way to reduce the deficit is to create jobs and work opportunities so that people will have money with which to pay taxes.
Another air traffic controller fell asleep on the job, but he had a good excuse. He was watching President Obama’s deficit speech.
I voted for the Deficit Reduction Package with significant heartburn over the student aid provisions.
Until the President produces a responsible deficit reduction plan, I'm not going to the White House to negotiate with myself.
My hope is that we're going to be more strategic and focused as we look for a way to address the long-term deficit and debt issues that are affecting this nation.
The deficit crisis is real and must be addressed. But it cannot be solved on the backs of the weak and vulnerable.
Everyone I know has attention deficit, and they say it with great pride. It's a bad time to be right.
If you raise taxes, it won't reduce the deficit. The other team will simply spend the resources.
I'm ashamed of what has happened to Canada. And I'm not leaving a $1.5 trillion deficit to my kids. No chance in hell is that happening.
I've added up all the hours of zzz's I've missed in my lifetime, and it turns out I'm running on a rather substantial deficit.
To be fair, Republicans are not blameless. The deficit began to spiral out of control on President Bush's watch.
I will fight for budget honesty and eliminating the deficit to reduce the transfer of debt to younger generations.
I've, we have in this state, like many other states, we're experiencing an enormous budget deficit that we're trying to grapple with. But we will have progress despite the deficits.
By restraining spending and by cutting the deficit, Republican policies are helping to keep our economy strong.
We cannot solve the deficit crisis on the back of our seniors. We need all Americans to pay their fair share.
The reason Ronald Reagan gets slammed for having so badly exacerbated the problem of deficit spending is that he so plainly deserves it.
Mr. Obama's choices show how fundamentally unserious he is about deficit reduction and spending restraint.
Both sides of the aisle - Republican and Democrat - have been unwilling and afraid to address the deficit, and someone's got to.
We have to change economic policy: create confidence, foster investment, cut the public deficit, restructure taxation and reform the labor laws.
I must be intellectually honest and say there is a great justice deficit among us. Not all Brazilians are treated equally.
It's a bit much describing it as a moral challenge from a government that's tripled the deficit and added $100 billion to net debt.
Cutting the fiscal deficit is not popular. That is the experience of all governments in all countries. Expenditure cuts hurt certain vested interests, and they don't like it.
I ask the American people not to fall victim to disinformation. There are no death panels. The Affordable Care Act cuts the deficit.
According to the White House, the president's proposed 2016-2017 spending would add - get this - $62 billion to the deficit.
When I was speaker in North Carolina, the state was gripped with a deficit, and we made a fundamental policy decision to adopt austerity budgets for four years.
We have to learn to be allies to each other. We are in a deficit of financial and social capital, and TransTech aims to help trans people reverse that.
I was a classic attention deficit disorder kid, always bored and mouthing off at school.
The important lesson of the deficit is - and the national debt - is we have to be careful about how we're spending money.
Our phones have created what I like to call SADD - Social Attention Deficit Disorder.
It's impossible to imagine the Democratic Party seeking a pro-life, free-trading, non-protectionist deficit hawk.
India's infrastructure deficit in terms of roads, railways, power, and ports needs to be addressed on a fast-track basis.
As Vermont's senator and a member of the Budget Committee, I will not support a plan to reduce the deficit that does not call for shared sacrifice.
I realize that I can be with someone, but on a deeper level I'm not available to them at all. I have attention deficit disorder of the soul.
The only thing growing faster than the federal government's deficit is Chris Matthews' man-crush on Barack Obama.
For the first time in 15 years, Georgia this winter has its electric power guaranteed without deficit. This is a historic achievement.
Social Security is legally prohibited from contributing to the deficit. It cannot use debt to pay out benefits.
Well, a deficit reflects an imbalance between spending and revenue, and so narrowing it requires acting on one, the other or both.
But the debt limit obviously is something that needs to and will be passed. That is not inconsistent with a process and a belief that we have to get significant deficit reduction.
Essentially, when we run a deficit, we are borrowing money to buy things that are made overseas.
The President forgot to mention the Moon, Mars, and the federal deficit - all of which are sky-high.
America knows it has got to deal with its deficit problems so that it, too, can promise it is making its proper and best contributions to the world economy.
From the point of view of the meditative traditions the entire society is suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Community is as endangered by surplus as it is by deficit. If there is too much money floating around it enables people to have no need of each other.
