MiltonFriedman.orgA cited archive of Milton Friedman’s own words. Ask what he said about a topic and get the passage, the source, and where to hear or read it.https://miltonfriedman.org/en-usA deficit is a tax you did not vote forhttps://miltonfriedman.org/articles/a-deficit-is-a-tax-you-did-not-vote-for/https://miltonfriedman.org/articles/a-deficit-is-a-tax-you-did-not-vote-for/Friedman's most useful claim about deficits is not that they are large. It is that calling them a deficit rather than a tax is the whole trick.Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT