#deficit

The folks celebrating Jim Bunning are seeing him as an anti-government, anti-spending activist. But to embrace Jim Bunning is to embrace a strange record, if you really are a libertarian, if you really are a deficit hawk, if you really care about spending and responsibility. ↗

— Rachel Maddow

#activist #care #celebrating #deficit #embrace

Reconciliation is a special budget procedure to change entitlement and tax laws. It cannot be filibustered and requires only a simple majority in the Senate to be passed. It is primarily intended for deficit and mandatory spending reduction. ↗

— Jeff Miller

#cannot #change #deficit #entitlement #intended

The reason Ronald Reagan gets slammed for having so badly exacerbated the problem of deficit spending is that he so plainly deserves it. ↗

— Daniel Keys Moran

#deficit #deficit spending #deserves #exacerbated #gets

Because of President Obama's failed record on nearly every issue from the economy to the deficit to Medicare, the Obama campaign has become increasingly dirty, despicable, and desperate. ↗

— Reince Priebus

#become #campaign #deficit #desperate #despicable

There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt. ↗

— John Adams

#fiscal-policy #national-debt #nationalism

Challenges of historic import threaten America's future. Action on the deficit, economy, energy, health care and much more is imperative, yet our legislative institutions fail to act. Congress must be reformed. ↗

— Evan Bayh

#action #america #care #challenges #congress

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

— William Vickrey

#balanced #balanced budget #budget #deficits #does

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

— William Vickrey

#evil #far #greater #greater evil #human

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. ↗

— Jo Ann Emerson

#deficit #domestic #economy #increasing #look

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. ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

#budget deficit #deficit #deficits #despite #enormous