The unjustified swelling of the budgetary deficit and the accumulation of public debts are just as destructive as adventurous stock-jobbing.
Larger deficits are necessary and proper means to mitigate unemployment as the far greater evil in terms of human welfare.
Budgets are nothing if not statements of priorities.
There is no budget for travel for a Shadow Foreign Secretary.
My name can raise money on a small-budget film.
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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.
Deficits are like putting dynamite in the hands of children. They can get out of control very quickly.
My desire to experiment comes from my attention-deficit approach to cosmetics. I just get really bored, really easily.
Well, a deficit reflects an imbalance between spending and revenue, and so narrowing it requires acting on one, the other or both.
I want to be very clear: I will not sign on to any health plan that adds to our deficits over the next decade.
Reconciliation cannot be used to pass comprehensive health care reform. It won't work because it was never designed for that kind of significant legislation; it was designed for deficit reduction.
History is replete with examples of moments in time when we talk about deficit reduction and try to advance on it around the world, that is, where it leads to job losses, not job creation.
The only way that we can reduce our financial dependence on the inflow of funds from the rest of the world is to reduce our trade deficit.
But if they want to really think about the fiscal future of this country, then think about how we have moved from hundreds of billions of surpluses to hundreds of billions of deficits.
Near-term deficits are temporary and manageable if - and only if - we keep spending in check, the tax burden low and the economy growing.
We should reduce total government spending as a percentage of the economy. The left wants to focus on the deficit so they can take us away from the focus on spending as a percentage of the economy.
The trade deficit is the capital surplus and don't ever think of having a capital surplus as being a bad thing for our country.
The success of the film should depend on its budget.
When you're dressing on a budget, simplicity is key.
The outlook for the Federal budget is bleak.
