“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
“When it comes to the budget, we know that we shouldn't be cutting more on core investments, like education, that are going to help us grow in the future. And we've already seen the deficit cut in half. It's going down faster than any time in the last 60 years. So why would we make more cuts in education, more cuts in basic research? Nobody thinks that's a good idea.” ThinkingKnowsYearsIdeasHelpingLastsPoliticalPoliticsGrowsMoneyPartyEducationHalfCuttingPolicyResearchStrategyInvestmentCoreIdeologyFasterBudgetsGood IdeasPolitical PartiesDeficitBasic Research Author:Barack Obama
“Of course, there's been a real debate about where to invest and where to cut, and I'm committed to working with members of both parties to cut our deficits and debt. But we can't simply cut our way to prosperity.” WayRealCoursesPartyCuttingMembersEconomicsCommittedProsperityDebtDebateTaxationDeficit Author:Barack Obama
“The Republican party must break with its long-established instinct for caution and make a bold stand for first principles of freedom and constitutional limitations on government - from full repeal of Obamacare to rolling back multitrillion-dollar deficits. This is not so much a reproach of past Republican conduct as it is a recognition of new opportunities.” FirstsLongGovernmentPastOpportunityPartyPrinciplesBreakRepublicanDollarsInstinctRecognitionLimitationRollingRepublican PartyCautionDeficitObamacareReproachNew Opportunity Author:Tony Blankley
“I don't understand how the Republican party is the party with the reputation for fiscal conservatism and fiscal sanity, when they're the ones who run up the debt. It was Reagan who ran up the debt and now Bush is doing it again, and in between, Clinton and Bush's father, I must say, worked so hard to get that deficit and that debt down.” HardRunningFatherPartyRepublicanClintonDebtReputationRanSanityRepublican PartyDeficitConservatism Author:Bill Maher