“Well, a deficit reflects an imbalance between spending and revenue, and so narrowing it requires acting on one, the other or both.” WellsActingSpendingRevenueDeficitImbalance Author:Peter R. Orszag
“We had a great lunch. Senator Capper paid for it. The Republican pays, as usual. And everything that the Democrats are doin' now, the Republicans pay for it. Everybody asks me, "Will, how long is this going to go on, spending all this money and everything going like this?" I says, "Well, it will go on just as long as the Republicans has got any money. That's all I know about it."” KnowsWellsLongAsksPoliticsPayGoes OnRepublicanPaidDemocratSpendingAsk MeLunchUsualSenators Author:Will Rogers
“We are not going to have a situation where our education spending goes back to its lowest level since the year 2000 despite a larger population and more kids to educate. We know that the single most important thing in terms of how well we can compete around the world is the quality of our workforce. We can't do that to our kids.” KnowsWorldYearsWellsImportantKidsTermLevelsQualitySituationImportant ThingsPopulationSpendingDespiteAround The WorldEducateLowestWorkforceEducation Spending Author:Barack Obama