#deficit

To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#fiscal-policy #national-debt #political-philosophy #liberty

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

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

#asked #balanced #being #calls #class

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. ↗

— Gordon Brown

#best #contributions #deal #deficit #economy

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

On the issues that I care deeply about - the environment, Roe vs. Wade, the war in Iraq, with no weapons of mass destruction, the tax cuts that are now leading to deficits, I've got some deep issues with the president. ↗

— Lincoln Chafee

#care #cuts #deep #deeply #deficits

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

Understanding that yes, we are committing more resources than we thought we might be in protecting our homeland and prosecuting a war and so it's understandable that we would be going through a period of deficits. ↗

— Donald Evans

#deficits #going #homeland #might #more