“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.” IfsGovernmentCareResponsibilityRecordsSeeingStrangeEmbraceFolksSpendingLibertarianCelebrateActivistDeficitHawksAnti Government Author:Rachel Maddow
“You care about the deficit because it allows you to do things you need to do to help people who are suffering.” PeopleNeedsHelpingCareSufferingDeficit Author:Christina Romer
“If you think about it, candidate Obama, Sen. Obama, was running on sort of long-run economic issues, like restoring prosperity to the middle class, dealing with the perennial problem of health care in the United States. He talked a lot about the budget deficit, about the need to transition to clean energy.” IfsThinkingNeedsLongStatesProblemCareRunningEnergyUnitedClassUnited StatesIssuesEconomicMiddleCleanProsperityHealth CareBudgetsCandidatesMiddle ClassTransitionLong RunsDeficitRestoringClean EnergyEconomic IssuesBudget Deficit Author:Christina Romer
“I ask the American people not to fall victim to disinformation. There are no death panels. The Affordable Care Act cuts the deficit.” PeopleCareFallAsksCuttingVictimDeficitAffordableAffordable Care Act Author:Al Franken
“For almost 50 years polls have shown that a large majority of the public believe that the budget should be balanced, and for all that time they have elected office seekers who would not balance it. The public cares about deficits, but doesn't care much.” ShouldYearsBelieveCareBalanceOfficeMajorityBudgetsBalancedDeficitPollsAmerican PoliticsSeekers Author:Herbert Stein