Deficit Quotes - Page 11

• I don't know how you make a record on liberal and conservative these days. We've had a conservative Republican Congress, so to speak, and a conservative president, and we've run up one of the most astounding deficits in the history of our nation.

  Sam Nunn

  Running, President, Records

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• The Democrats - Democrats on board, the Congress said tax policy.But their tax policy was pretty bad, that added $800 billion to the deficit.

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  Boards, Congress, Said

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• With my recovery programme, I have to do a daily inventory of how my day has been. I am terribly dyslexic and have attention deficit disorder, so I have to carry a tape recorder everywhere I go.

  Ozzy Osbourne

  Recovery, Tape, Attention

  Interview with David Furnish, www.gq-magazine.co.uk. October 2004.

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• One of the places where research is needed is all the sensory problems. And you get sensory problems not just with autism, but with dyslexia, learning problems, ADHD, attention deficit, you know, things like sound sensitivity, problems with fluorescent lighting.

  Temple Grandin

  Autism, Sound, Attention

  "Autism & animal welfare activist Temple Grandin". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. July 5, 2013.

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• That's the kind of thinking that our country needs. When we have a country that's doing so badly, that's being ripped off by every single country in the world, it's the kind of thinking that our country needs, because everybody, we have a trade deficit with all of the countries that we do business with, of almost $800 billion a year.

  Donald Trump

  Country, Thinking, Years

  "The first Trump-Clinton presidential debate transcript, annotated" by Aaron Blake, www.washingtonpost.com. September 26, 2016.

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• When my husband was president, we went from a $300 billion deficit to a $200 billion surplus and we were actually on the path to eliminating the national debt. When President Obama came into office, he inherited the worst economic disaster since the Great Depression. He has cut the deficit by two-thirds.

  Hillary Clinton

  Husband, Cutting, Two

  Transcript of the Third Presidential Debate, www.nytimes.com. October 20, 2016.

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• In his second term, [Ronald] Reagan completed the work of his first term - the rich got really rich, everything was deregulated, advocacy programs were quashed, the Savings and Loan program was trashed, the deficit was tripled, unions were busted, Housing and Urban Developing was in shambles, banks were closing, the military got lots of new toys, the religious right was strong, and AIDS was ignored.

  Kate Clinton

  Religious, Strong, Military

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• The poor have been sent to the front lines of a federal budget deficit reduction war that few other groups were drafted to fight.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  War, Fighting, Poverty

  Marian Wright Edelman (1987). “Families in Peril: An Agenda for Social Change”, p.101, Harvard University Press

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• I served at a time when we had a strong economy, when we had deficits that we would die for today. I was able to propose a balanced budget, not over ten years, but over five years. I'm proud of that record.

  Rob Portman

  Strong, Years, Records

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• 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.

  Sue Monk Kidd

  Soul, Levels, Attention

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• will stifle economic growth, destroy jobs, reduce revenues, and increase the deficit.

  Jim Ramstad

  Jobs, Growth, Economic

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• Honest talk about the deficit is risky. Voters are more enthusiastic about the abstract notion of deficit reduction than about the painful details of accomplishing it.

  Christina Romer

  Details, Voters, Honest

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• We have to honor our commitments to today's beneficiaries, but we can't solve the growing deficit and debt problems unless we are smart, courageous, and sensible in planning for future.

  Nan Hayworth

  Smart, Commitment, Honor

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• The challenge for any government is how do you do two things at the same time. How do you put money forward for things like the payroll tax holiday, for things like getting a jump-start on infrastructure, for building schools, and make the decisions for long-term deficit reduction.

  Jacob Lew

  School, Holiday, Two

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• The three main political parties all agree the UK deficit is high and needs to be brought down. All agree that it is easier to get a deficit down if you have faster growth, cutting unemployment-related costs and raising revenues.

  John Redwood

  Party, Cutting, Political

  "UK growth depends on tax rates that people are prepared to pay" by John Redwood, www.theguardian.com. July 18, 2012.

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• For me, there will be no enemies but unemployment, the deficit, excessive debt, economic stagnation and anything else that keeps our country in these critical circumstances.

  Mariano Rajoy

  Country, Enemy, Unemployment

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• We have to change economic policy: create confidence, foster investment, cut the public deficit, restructure taxation, and reform the labor laws.

  Mariano Rajoy

  Cutting, Labor Laws, Reform

  "Will Spain Be the Next Greece?". Interview with Lalli Weymouth, www.slate.com. October 28, 2011.

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• Thanks to decades of accumulated federal budget deficits and, more significantly, imprudent Medicare and Social Security policies, we've stolen almost $60 trillion from our children.

  Steven Rattner

  Children, Thanks, Social

  "Stop Stealing From Our Kids" by Steven Rattner, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. March 14, 2013.

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• Establishing a 0.03 percent Wall Street speculation fee, similar to what we had from 1914-1966, would dampen the dangerous level of speculation and gambling on Wall Street, encourage the financial sector to invest in the productive economy and reduce the deficit by more than $350 billion over 10 years.

  Bernie Sanders

  Wall, Gambling, Years

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• While Romney has an overall deficit with women voters, his biggest disadvantage is with college educated women - wherever they work, at home, in an office, a store or a factory.

  Mara Liasson

  Home, College, Office

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• The American people want a balanced budget. They want Congress to stop this barbaric practice of perpetual deficit spending. It really, if you think about it, is a form of taxation without representation. We fought a war over that issue and we won that war.

  Mike Lee

  War, Thinking, Practice

  "Tea Party Senator Mike Lee: We Need to Change the Way We Spend Money in Washington". "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren, www.foxnews.com. April 12, 2011.

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• I have attention deficit disorder, so sitting in a classroom is not the best thing for me.

  Jeremy Miller

  Attention, Sitting, Classroom

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• Near-term deficits are temporary and manageable if - and only if - we keep spending in check, the tax burden low and the economy growing.

  Jim Nussle

  Ifs And, Growing, Economy

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• Quantitatve easing is NOT going away. Every major country is running a deficit. If they are all net borrowers then who is the lender? The central banks. For this reason – QE is not going away for a long time.

  Jeffrey Gundlach

  Running, Country, Long

  "GUNDLACH: Anyone Who Says Interest Rates Will Rise Soon Is 'Absolutely Wrong'" by Lance Roberts, www.businessinsider.com. May 3, 2013.

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

  Cynthia Tucker

  People, Problem, Weak

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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