#deb

I would vote to increase the debt limit if there was a corresponding level of cuts. And if there was some serious talk about a balanced budget amendment, which we as governors always had to deal with. ↗

— Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#always #amendment #balanced #balanced budget #balanced budget amendment

Civilizations rise and fall on confidence. America had figured out a way to borrow money to manufacture it. ↗

— Ron Suskind

#materialism #optimism #education

I have serious concerns about whether it's prudent to give any foreign country substantial leverage over the U.S. economy. Instead of spending $80 billion on important programs here at home, we're sending this money overseas just to pay interest on our debt. ↗

— Tim Johnson

#any #billion #concerns #country #debt

Every American born today owes $43,000 to the federal government the day she or he is born. And we are transferring a tremendous amount of debt to the new generation, much of it owed to overseas creditors who expect to be repaid by our children with interest. ↗

— Mark Kirk

#amount #born #children #creditors #day

I've got a chart here that shows our debt-to-GDP ratio. And while we did run deficits in the past, we now number our debt in trillions rather than in billions. And I think that represents a long-term danger, especially to the, the American dream. ↗

— Mark Kirk

#american dream #billions #chart #danger #debt

Debt is one person's liability, but another person's asset. ↗

— Paul Krugman

#asset #debt #liability #person

Debate is healthy and no one in this chamber - starting with me - has a monopoly on being right. ↗

— Ted Kulongoski

#chamber #debate #healthy #me #monopoly

Over the course of time this gave us a deep respect for ideas, both our own and those of others, and an understanding that conflict through debate is a powerful means of revealing truth. ↗

— Robert B. Laughlin

#conflict #course #debate #deep #gave

We owe the Aboriginal peoples a debt that is four centuries old. It is their turn to become full partners in developing an even greater Canada. And the reconciliation required may be less a matter of legal texts than of attitudes of the heart. ↗

— Romeo LeBlanc

#attitudes #become #canada #centuries #debt

Al Jazeera aired a new tape of Osama bin Laden. It was the usual stuff, he called Bush evil, the Great Satan, called him a war monger. Basically, the same thing you heard at last night's Democratic debate. ↗

— Jay Leno

#al #basically #bin #bush #called