“Well, I think what we need to remember is that budget deficits can impede economic activity.” ThinkingNeedsWellsRememberEconomicActivityBudgetsDeficitBudget Deficit Author:Peter R. Orszag
“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
“The American people want a balanced budget. They want Congress to stop this barbaric practice of perpetual deficit spending. It really, if you think about it, is a form of taxation without representation. We fought a war over that issue and we won that war.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantWarFormPracticeIssuesCongressSpendingBudgetsPerpetualBalancedRepresentationTaxationDeficitBarbaricBalanced BudgetDeficit SpendingTaxation Without Representation Author:Mike Lee