Home / Library / Quotes / The Only Sound Cure for Deficits Notable Quote "No, the only sound cure for deficits is a simple but virtually unmentioned one: cut the federal budget." — Rothbard, Murray event 1995 content_copy check From Making Economic Sense (p. 11) Context: From "Ten Great Economic Myths" (Myth 3, on tax increases as a cure for deficits), in Making Economic Sense (1995), p. 11. Topics payments Taxation policy Economic Policy gavel Government Intervention menu_book Austrian Economics