Deficit Quotes
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On the other side of the trade deficit, of course, is the capital surplus. We are buying more goods than we are selling, but, on the other hand, the capital account surplus means that the United States is such an attractive market...that individuals from abroad are investing in the United States...at a record rate.
Edward Lazear
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By restraining spending and by cutting the deficit, Republican policies are helping to keep our economy strong.
Dennis Hastert
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When the economy is growing, there's a lot that can be done to deal with the deficit.
Henry Paulson
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Our platform calls for a balanced deficit reduction plan where the wealthy pay their fair share. And when your country is in a costly war, with our soldiers sacrificing abroad and our nation facing a debt crisis at home, being asked to pay your fair share isn't class warfare - it's patriotism.
Cory Booker
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Yes, we should consider ways to address the deficit and bring real, direct relief to the gulf region, ... but we must not lose sight of maintaining the infrastructure that supports our economy and way of life.
Olympia Snowe
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There is a deficit; I'd like to see it lowered. But it's up to Congress to decide whether that should be done by higher taxes, lower spending or some combination.
Ben Bernanke
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Well, a deficit reflects an imbalance between spending and revenue, and so narrowing it requires acting on one, the other or both.
Peter Orszag
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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
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If you wanted to create jobs in a way that has minimal effect on the deficit but has government action, the two best things you could do are the infrastructure bank and a simple SBA-like loan guarantee for all building retrofits, where the contractor or the energy-service company guarantees the savings. So that allows the bank to loan money to let a school or a college or a hospital or a museum or a commercial building unencumbered by debt to loan it on terms that are longer, so you can pay it back only from your utility savings. You could create a million jobs doing that.
Bill Clinton
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While Donald Trump said, well, our plan won't be exactly like the House Republican plan, the closer it is to that plan, the less likely it is to increase the deficit.
Avik Roy
