But eliminating the deficit is not the right place to start.

Instead, our economy created nearly 23 million jobs and we eliminated the deficit.

Tax increases must play a role in eliminating the deficit, but not the major one.

That still does not mean the deal will eliminate the deficit by anyone's definition.

However, this is a reason to eliminate the deficit, not to ignore major problems.

It has given itself the task of eliminating the structural deficit.

He added that to force the Government to eliminate the deficit quickly would cause unemployment to rise.

We need a plan to completely eliminate the annual deficit by the end of this parliament.

In the coming weeks, I will submit a budget that eliminates the federal deficit within the next five years.

His plan to eliminate the deficit isn't much better.