It is part of the general pattern of misguided policy that our country is now geared to an arms economy which was bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and nurtured upon an incessant propaganda of fear.
Douglas MacArthur

I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself.
Ronald Reagan

Well, the U.S. is running a current account deficit; we are creating lots of investment opportunities in the United States that exceed our own domestic savings rates, so the issue here is to encourage higher savings rates in the United States. John W. Snow President Bush Treasury Secretary

George W. Bush's presidency cost the country about $11.5 trillion...MSN

Greenspan Says Bush-Era Tax Cuts Should Lapse, Warns on Budget Deficit