“The three main political parties all agree the UK deficit is high and needs to be brought down. All agree that it is easier to get a deficit down if you have faster growth, cutting unemployment-related costs and raising revenues.” IfsNeedsPoliticalThreeGrowthPartyCuttingEasierCostAgreeFasterRelatedUnemploymentPolitical PartiesRevenueDeficit Author:John Redwood
“The only way to eliminate the deficit in the long run is through growth.” WayLongRunningGrowthLong RunsDeficit Author:Edward Lazear
“We're focused on doing the things that make the economy perform well, and as you do that, reduce deficits, for one, very important; secondly, keep growth rates high, very important.” WellsImportantGrowthEconomyRateFocusedDeficit Author:John W. Snow
“will stifle economic growth, destroy jobs, reduce revenues, and increase the deficit.” JobsGrowthEconomicIncreaseRevenueDeficitEconomic Growth Author:Jim Ramstad
“Slow growth and inflation have a tendency to accompany large deficits and increasing debt as a percentage of GDP.” GrowthDebtTendenciesInflationDeficitPercentagesAccompanyGdpSlow Growth Author:Bill Gross
“The sequestration is a bad idea, all around. It is something that is out of the question. If you have spending cuts, education of our children, other investments, on the National Institutes of Health, where you are hindering growth, you're no going to reduce the deficit.” IfsChildrenIdeasGrowthCuttingOur ChildrenInvestmentSpendingWhere You AreDeficitInstituteBad IdeasInstitutesSpending Cuts Author:Nancy Pelosi
“The federal budget deficit isn't the nation's major economic problem and deficit reduction shouldn't be our major goal. Our problem is lack of good jobs and sufficient growth, and our goal must be to revive both.” ProblemJobsNationsGoalGrowthEconomicMajorsBudgetsSufficientGood JobDeficitReductionReviveEconomic ProblemsBudget Deficit Author:Robert Reich
“The president elect [Donald Trump] says that will lead to more investment and growth. Skeptics say the tax plan would explode deficits.” GrowthPresidentPlansTrumpTaxesInvestmentDeficitSkeptic Author:Kelly McEvers
“Obama and the Democrats' preposterous argument is that we are just one more big tax increase away from solving our economic problems. The inescapable conclusion, however, is that the primary driver of the short-term deficit is not tax cuts but the lack of any meaningful economic growth over the last half decade.” ProblemBigsLastsGrowthTermHalfCuttingEconomicTaxesArgumentIncreaseDemocratDecadesMeaningfulConclusionPrimariesJust OneDriversDeficitShort TermEconomic GrowthTax CutsEconomic ProblemsTax Increases Author:Bob Beauprez
“That's what the Romney plan is all about, how to get jobs created, how to get this debt and deficit under control, how to revive small businesses so we can create jobs, and how to bring growth and opportunity to society instead of this class warfare, instead of speaking to people like they're stuck in some class or station in life.” PeopleJobsOpportunityGrowthClassPlansDebtStuckStationsWarfareSmall BusinessDeficitRomneyReviveClass Warfare Author:Paul Ryan