Sentence examples for rather than deficits from inspiring English sources

My style is energetic, enthusiastic, hopeful and focusing on strengths rather than deficits.

Some of them console themselves by pointing out that the increases are taking place during a time of federal budget surpluses rather than deficits.

There had been widespread fear in Germany and the Netherlands that they might be placed on a "structural imbalance" list for running high trade surpluses, rather than deficits.

What made this so bizarre was the fact that markets were signaling, as clearly as anyone could ask, that unemployment rather than deficits is our biggest problem.

To fix this problem, he believes schools must treat students' racial and socioeconomic status as assets rather than deficits, something he feels that the public school system does not always do.

And The Daily Show may not be the best fit for him: he seems better suited to a big-tent network late-night show, where his gentle demeanor and genuine curiosity would be seen as assets rather than deficits.

The White House insists that reform of the tax code, rather than deficit reduction, is its top legislative priority.

The European Union and the ECB accept that the short-term priority for crisis countries is growth rather than deficit reduction, and soften their demands for austerity.

It hyped the danger of deficits, yet even on its own (not at all credible) accounting, spending cuts were used mainly to pay for tax cuts rather than deficit reduction.

In 1998, there was no collapsed housing bubble, the government's budget was in surplus rather than deficit, bank leverage was much lower, and derivatives markets were smaller and less far-reaching.

That means that redirecting a portion of those revenues — say $2 billion over ten years — from existing areas open to oil and gas production is actually going to be scored by CBO as deficit enhancing, rather than deficit neutral as the president has been portraying this.