Deficit Quotes

Deficit Quote of the day

What sets black people apart is not some deficit in personal responsibility. It's the weight on our shoulders. That is what's actually different. We have the weight and burden of history.

Higher taxes never reduce the deficit. Governments spend whatever they take in and then whatever they can get away with.

My advice for Sebastian Kehl is: if you have a 35-point deficit in the league, it is better to shut up.

Attention-deficit disorders seem to abound in modern society, and we don't know the cause.

President Obama inherited a one trillion dollar deficit courtesy of George Bush and turned it into a three trillion dollar deficit courtesy of Karl Marx!

We think we can't survive without deficit spending - but we soon won't be able to survive with deficit spending, either.

In special education, there's too much emphasis placed on the deficit and not enough on the strength.

My nephew has HDADHD. High Definition Attention Deficit Disorder. He can barely pay attention, but when he does it's unbelievably clear.

You cannot cut your way to deficit reduction.

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

Capitalism should not be condemned, since we haven't had capitalism.

Social Security has nothing to do with the deficit.

With a strong domestic economy, low national unemployment at 5 percent, and increasing retail sales, the picture should look rosy. But one look at the trade deficit changes all of that.

I voted for the Deficit Reduction Package with significant heartburn over the student aid provisions.

Deficits mean future tax increases, pure and simple. Deficit spending should be viewed as a tax on future generations, and politicians who create deficits should be exposed as tax hikers.

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

The only thing growing faster than the federal government's deficit is Chris Matthews' man-crush on Barack Obama.

By restraining spending and by cutting the deficit, Republican policies are helping to keep our economy strong.

No church property is taxed and so the infidel and the atheist and the man without religion are taxed to make up the deficit.

Democrats were quick to point out that President Bush's budget creates a 1 trillion dollar deficit. The White House quickly responded with 'Hey, look over there, it's Saddam Hussein.'

Deficit spending is simply a scheme for the 'hidden' confiscation of wealth. Gold stands in the way of this insidious process. It stands as a protector of property rights.

The UK downgrade will come as little surprise to many. It does not appear to be occurring because the UK is cutting its deficit too far and too fast.

People of color, particularly African Americans, feel the stigma more keenly. In a race-conscious society, some don't want to be perceived as having yet another deficit.

What we need to do is not only live within our means, but start paying down the deficit, and offer an opportunity at least for the next generation to get out.

The uninformed must improve their deficit, or die.

This Constitution does not reflect the thoughts, hopes and aspirations of ordinary people. It does nothing for jobs or economic growth and widens further still the democratic deficit.

American's greatest deficit is no longer found in the federal budget. It is a moral deficit, and it may be found in a polluted and poisoned culture that has become the great enemy within.

A surplus of effort could overcome a deficit of confidence.

Sleep deficit and an anemic pocketbook dictate my erratic lifestyle.

Senator John Kerry released his plan today to eliminate the deficit. He said all we have to do is find a really rich country like Switzerland and marry it.

You want a better world...? Legalize pot right now. ...end the deficit? Legalize pot right now...biggest cash crop in America.

I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself.

I lowered taxes in New York. I reduced the size of government in New York. I took a $2.4 billion deficit and turned it into a $3.2 billion surplus. And I reduced taxes over 23 times or 23 times.

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.

Unless the trade deficit shrinks, the combination of the trade deficit and the interest and dividend payments to foreigners will grow ever more rapidly.

For the first time in 15 years, Georgia this winter has its electric power guaranteed without deficit. This is a historic achievement.

The goal is to reduce the size and scope of government spending, not to focus on the deficit. The deficit is the symptom of the disease.

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

Reagan proved that deficits don't matter.

When the democratic deficit is so enormous, people are left with very little option but to take peaceful, non-violent direct action.

We have a deficit of wonder right now.

The world doesn't just revolve around you. There's a lot of talk in this country about the federal deficit. But I think we should talk more about our empathy deficit.

Everyone I know has attention deficit, and they say it with great pride. It's a bad time to be right.

To be fair, Republicans are not blameless. The deficit began to spiral out of control on President Bush's watch.

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

From the point of view of the meditative traditions the entire society is suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Today I am pledging to cut the deficit we inherited in half by the end of my first term in office.

Europe is right to tell us to reduce this [France's budget] deficit and spend less. Europe is right to demand this of us but cannot at the same time demand us to increase our dues.

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.

As the U.S. trade deficit, and the portion of that deficit attributed to China, continue to grow, our own economy is at risk of losing its reputation as a leader in world trade.