Deficit Quotes - Page 6

• I will fight for budget honesty and eliminating the deficit to reduce the transfer of debt to younger generations.

  Roscoe Bartlett

  Honesty, Fighting, Generations

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• Technology usually provides a series of tradeoffs. Each asset is offset by a deficit...A major problem occurs when those who suffer from technology's defecits and those who benefit are not the same people.

  Donald A. Norman

  Technology, People, Suffering

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• 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.

  Ron Paul

  Mean, Opportunity, Needs

  Ron Paul's speech at the 35th annual Conservative Political Action Conference, www.c-span.org. February 7, 2008.

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• What we also have to recognize is that the deficit levels that I'm inheriting, over a trillion dollars, coming out of last year, that that is unsustainable. At a certain point, other countries stop buying our debt, at a certain point, we'd end up having to raise interest rates, and it would end up creating more economic chaos and potentially inflation.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Money, Years

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• Is this money well spent? This is taxpayer money, it is going to be adding to the deficit short term and if we can't justify it, then we're not going to spend tens or hundreds of billions of dollars, just to make somebody happy, if it's not good for the economy.

  Barack Obama

  Money, Dollars, Economy

  Interview with John Harwood, www.nbcnews.com. January 7, 2012.

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• When George Bush came into office, we had surpluses. And now we have half-a-trillion-dollar deficit annually. When George Bush came into office, our national debt was around $5 trillion. It's now over $10 trillion. We've almost doubled it.

  Barack Obama

  Money, Office, Dollars

  "Transcript of second McCain, Obama debate". edition.cnn.com. October 7, 2008.

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• We now know that inflation results from all that deficit spending.

  Ronald Reagan

  Economy, Results, Spending

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• A drastic reduction in the deficit...will take place in the fiscal year '82.

  Ronald Reagan

  Years, Economy, Reduction

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• Yes, the deficit doctors have their scalpels out all right, but they're not poised over the budget. That's as fat as ever and getting fatter. What they're ready to operate on is your wallet.

  Ronald Reagan

  Doctors, Wallets, Fats

  Reagan, Ronald (1984). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 198”, p.709, Best Books on

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• Yes, deficits are a problem. I've been saying so for more than a quarter of a century now. But the problem is not the size of the deficit, it's the size of government's claim on our economy.

  Ronald Reagan

  Government, Size, Problem

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1984). “Ronald Reagan”

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• From the earliest days, the Rothschilds appreciated the importance of proximity to politicians, the men who determined not only the extent of budget deficits but also the domestic and foreign policies.

  Niall Ferguson

  Men, World, Determined

  Niall Ferguson (1998). “The House of Rothschild: Money's prophets, 1798-1848”, Viking Press

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• There is no deficit in human resources; the deficit is in human will.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Resources, Humans, Human Will

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “"In a Single Garment of Destiny": A Global Vision of Justice”, p.86, Beacon Press

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• Recently the country has seen too much of our legislators, seeing them as a gaggle of check-kiting, judge-smearing deadbeats who don't pay their restaurant bills but raise their pay in the middle of the night. Many Americans-this columnist included-hitherto said tax increases are justified by the budget deficit now say: Give that mob more money? Never. Not a nickel of new taxes until term limits change the political culture on Capital Hill.

  George Will

  Country, Money, Night

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• We have a deficit of wonder right now.

  Tom Waits

  Wonder, Right Now

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• No industry or country can reach its full potential until women reach their full potential. This is especially true of science and technology, where women with a surplus of talent still face a deficit of opportunity.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Country, Technology, Opportunity

  "Sheryl Sandberg Joins Global Women Leaders in Tech to Demand Gender Equality" by Musimbi Kanyoro, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 20, 2015.

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• As soon as the recovery is well under way, we need to set up a long-term plan to reduce the structural deficit and make sure we are not leaving a mountain of debt for the next generation.

  Barack Obama

  Recovery, Long, Leaving

  "FACTBOX: Obama comments on economic issues". Reuters, www.reuters.com. November 26, 2008.

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

  Tony Blankley

  Thinking, Political, Able

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• From the time we begin school, if not sooner, we are taught to be blind to our assets and only see our deficits. We are carefully marked on how many we got wrong on a test and, rarely if ever, asked how we know how to spell the ones we got right. By the time we are adults, we are well versed in every one of our limitations, skilled in our incompetence. If we were fish in an aquarium, it would be as if we kept smashing against the glass, and forgot the fact that we were perfectly capable of turning ever so slightly and swimming gracefully in the water all around us.

  Dawna Markova

  Education, School, Swimming

  Dawna Markova (2000). “I Will Not Die An Unlived Life: Reclaiming Passion and Purpose”, Conari Press

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• Brain tumor survivors: don't become hopelessly discouraged if you are experiencing deficits. You in a war and you are bound to have a few battle wounds.

  Rachel Grady

  War, Cancer, Battle Wounds

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• Bush may be a strong leader in the war on terrorism, but on budget deficits he is missing-in-action.

  Jim Cooper

  Leadership, Strong, War

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• 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.

  Bebe Moore Campbell

  Race, Color, People

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• Anything that's done to address unemployment in terms of massive stimulus spending is going to exacerbate deficits. And anything that's done to address deficits in the short-term is going to exacerbate unemployment.

  Indra Nooyi

  Unemployment, Done, Addresses

  "Discouraged CEOs Set Bar Low for Obama's Job Speech" by Gennine Kelly, www.cnbc.com. September 6, 2011.

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• Deficits do not in themselves produce inflation, nor does a balanced budget assure a stable price level.

  William Vickrey

  Doe, Levels, Produce

  William Spencer Vickrey (2004). “Full Employment and Price Stability: The Macroeconomic Vision of William S. Vickrey”, Edward Elgar Pub

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• Larger deficits are necessary and proper means to mitigate unemployment as the far greater evil in terms of human welfare.

  William Vickrey

  Mean, Evil, Unemployment

  William Spencer Vickrey (2004). “Full Employment and Price Stability: The Macroeconomic Vision of William S. Vickrey”, Edward Elgar Pub

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• Cutting carbs, fats, or calories (dieting) is like trying to hold your breath.  The longer you do it, the more your body resists it until you finally gasp for air – taking in more than ever to overcome the short-term deficit you induced.

  Matt Stone

  Cutting, Air, Trying

  Matt Stone (2014). “Diet Recovery: Restoring Hormonal Health, Metabolism, Mood and Your Relationship with Food”, p.19, Matt Stone

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