Sentence examples for a deficit put off from inspiring English sources

"You do hear the argument made sometimes: If you have a deficit, put off the action to deal with it because taking money out of the economy will reduce your growth rate," Mr. Cameron said at the meeting.

Representative Paul D. Ryan, Republican of Wisconsin, said independent voters in his state -- one of the top five targets of Mr. Bush this year -- were concerned about the deficit, and put off by what he described as pork barrel spending by Congress and Mr. Bush's proposal to finance a mission to Mars.

Permira, a private-equity fund that was after WH Smith, a bookseller, was put off by its pension deficit (which WH Smith promised to reduce this week).

I was a little put off myself, at first.

"I was a little put off by it," she said.

Further serious discussion of the deficit has been put off until after the midterm election, when the president's budget panel is due to report.

"I was just a little bit put off.

This can be an instant put off.

Rather than pass a plan to cut the deficit, policy makers have put off tough decisions.

In the end, however, only one economic adviser truly argued that deficit reduction should be put off for another day.

Indeed, Congress could still act in January in time to retroactively counter the effect on most taxpayers and government agencies, but chances for a large deficit reduction package would likely be put off.