Ben Bernanke
Related Well, I think what we need to remember is that budget deficits can impede economic activity. PETER ORSZAG Californians are worried about whether they will have a job along with ballooning federal spending a... CARLY FIORINA These growing deficits and debt threaten our nation's long-term economic security. As deficits climb... KENT CONRAD I don't approve of any new tax cuts until we can control our spending and address these deficits, LINCOLN CHAFEE INDRA NOOYI DOUG HOFFMAN All the talk about U.S. current account deficits hurting the dollar has vanished from the markets. CARL WEINBERG I'll talk all this craziness in my music, but when I have your attention, and you're listeni... REMY MA But if they want to really think about the fiscal future of this country, then think about how we ha... CHAKA FATTAH We were caught in a trap of our own making - a vicious circle in which our chronic deficits contribu... PAUL MARTIN MARK ZANDI I think that's what activates the Tea Party Movement. What they see is the government interferin... SHARRON ANGLE I don't think we should stop emphasizing race because I think, you know, race is still very, ver... WILLIAM JULIUS WILSON OSCAR WILDE JOHN SPRATT INDRA NOOYI They may not think that that's a problem, but John Kerry thinks deficits do matter. JASON FURMAN There are several silver linings on the horizon. The current account deficits in Spain and Portugal ... WOLFGANG SCHAUBLE You meet some delightful people. They are broad in terms of backgrounds and interests. We always hav... BOB KEEVIL They worried about my economic stability. ANJA THIESSEN Ronald Reagan felt very great regret about the deficits to which he contributed on his watch. EUGENE JARECKI RONALD REAGAN It is totally about tax cuts. Our current deficits are not the result of critical spending to help l... SCOTT MCCOWN I think it's absolutely clear that the fiscal path we are on is not sustainable, and for me, the... ERSKINE BOWLES My parents are older, and they lead a somewhat sheltered life. It was difficult to talk with them ab... ANITA HILL Deficits. Most people of knowledge say it's the biggest single problem facing the economic free ... DAVID HARTMAN I think you have to talk about it. I think we should talk about it. We've done enough in November an... BONNIE HENRICKSON There's a stability and growth pact which was agreed for the eleven countries which tries to lim... ROBERT C. SOLOMON SAM GRAVES GORDON BROWN NANCY PELOSI I think we need to address the elementary and middle schools first. Those are safety issues that the... DOUG WILES Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed! I ARE RONALD REAGAN I think the greatest thing about Coker is they get into that roundtable teaching where they sit arou... CAROL MEEGAN If we're going to talk electricity policy, we have to talk about economic and industrial policy too. ADAM WHITE People know we're running huge deficits and they know the costs have just rocketed upward. Many Amer... CAL JILLSON We are just screaming and shouting, and nobody knows the story. People think we are occupying Israel... NASHAT AQTASH LORETTA LYNCH I think it is very important that we think about how we are going to evaluate these requests includi... ERIC PFENNING The Europeans governments have massively changed the landscape in Europe. There is no doubt about it... CHRISTINE LAGARDE I don't think it serves anybody. I think what's better to do is talk about what people stand for, ta... MARK SHEPARD ANDIE MACDOWELL The outlook remains poor, ... Production cutbacks at Ford and GM, mediocre personal income growth an... PETER MORICI They saw the deficits widening, and saw no reason to think the dollar wouldn't drop. In fact, the U.... GERRY CELAYA In communities where there are many charter schools those communities have had very negative effects... JODY SIEGLE I go to ceremonies and see people talk about traditional ways while they pass out soda and store bou... JUSTIN WILLEY RON PAUL ROBERT REDFORD you get 50 years of deficits. JASON FURMAN I think you would be hard-pressed to find an economist, aside from the supply-siders, who would argu... WAYNE AYERS I still think that we have a hesitance to talk about things racial. And I think we do it at our detr... ERIC HOLDER Missy and I talk about the guys we have, the injuries we have, where they are, how we're going to pr... KEITH JONES On the issues that I care deeply about - the environment, Roe vs. Wade, the war in Iraq, with no wea... LINCOLN CHAFEE We know that we can do anything. We can score runs and we've come back from deficits before. We just... EVERETT ALTMAN When the economy is running below potential, I don't mind deficits at all. RAJEEV DHAWAN This area is a huge challenge and we don't talk about it enough. We spend a great deal of time talki... COLIN KENNY I think we are faced in medicine with the reality that we have to be willing to talk about our failu... ATUL GAWANDE I feel most strongly about Jerusalem, because architects ultimately have to address that city. BEN NICHOLSON The structural problems have not improved and the trend is still to higher deficits. That presents a... CARSTEN FRITSCH NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB BILL GROSS When you think about what they have to deal with, and the discussions they need to have in treatment... GEORGIA CUMMING STEPHEN KING We don't like taxes, ... But at the same time, we have to make sure we're doing responsible thing an... LINCOLN CHAFEE Reagan proved deficits don't matter. DICK CHENEY DEBORAH TANNEN I don't think we need to radically change incentives and financial programs. It's more about coverag... DONN ATKINS We are not worried about service being shut down. We have spoken to executives at RIM and feel comfo... BETH PERLMAN ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER There is sticker shock. It comes after Iraq. We have a time of war, rising deficits, Medicare and So... JOHN HART I think it's an important enough case that we have to spend what it takes. It's not about this parti... LARRY SIMMONS ANDIE MACDOWELL Today, we have a trade regime which has led to the largest trade deficits this country has ever expe... XAVIER BECERRA The ratings on Sri Lanka are vulnerable due to the country's high government debt and ongoing large ... AGOST BENARD Near-term deficits are temporary and manageable if - and only if - we keep spending in check, the ta... JIM NUSSLE Company and trustee boards have been engaged in finding solutions to pension deficits. Paying additi... CHINU PATEL He's doing really well. He's recovering well and appears not to have any type of deficits after the ... BRAD SHOUP Abuse exists because of secrecy. If I can use this platform and talk about it and break the silence,... CHRIS WITTY Those countries with large current account deficits, such as the U.S. and Australia, haven't been pe... BOB CUNNEEN The mayor and I haven't spoken for some time now and I think it's because he's pretty mad about all ... BILL HAGEMANN I have found that a lot of the time men don't want to have their pets neutered because they think it... JUDI GLIDEWELL There are many communities surrounding West Hartford that are dealing with this same issue and I thi... BARBARA CARPENTER MATTHEW DESMOND Children everywhere need stability and certainty. These children need to be shown that their familie... ELAINE BAINARD JENNIFER GRANHOLM I think we need to be very careful how we talk about how we re-enter these neighborhoods. There may ... THAD ALLEN LI KEQIANG I do envision championship basketball and when you talk about championship basketball, you talk abou... ISIAH THOMAS Larger deficits are necessary and proper means to mitigate unemployment as the far greater evil in t... WILLIAM VICKREY BARACK OBAMA We have significantly increased our short-term and long-term commodity price forecasts to reflect ou... MORGAN STANLEY BEN BERNANKE Unfortunately the Republican tax cut will deny important revenues to many states facing their own de... DICK DURBIN I think that Mos Def is the best actor, but when you talk about rappers in films, I don't really... MORRIS CHESTNUT BILL MAHER They talk about families and we do, too, but we think families should have choices. JAN NICOLAY I'm not upset about it, not disappointed about it. I think they need that. I really do, because thes... MIKE DAVIS U.S. budget and current account deficits are very important contributors to an unbalanced global eco... LAWRENCE SUMMERS RICHARD FEYNMAN
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