Debt Quotes - Page 35

• After adding trillions to the debt on big-government policies most Americans didn't ask for and which we couldn't afford, Democratic leaders say they need more money, which they intend to take from small business, even though small businesses create the majority of new jobs.

  Mitch McConnell

  Jobs, Government, Leader

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• When I was a youngster growing up in South Dakota, we never referred to the national debt, it was always referred to as the war debt because it stemmed from World War I.

  George McGovern

  Growing Up, War, World

  "George McGovern: Barack Obama, Democrats Need a Backbone". Interview with Kira Zalan, www.usnews.com. December 2, 2011.

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• Environmental concern is a little like dieting or paying off credit-card debt - an episodically terrific idea that burns brightly and then seems to fade when we realize there's a reason we need to diet or pay down our debt. The reason is that it's really, really hard, and too many of us in too many spheres of life choose the easy over the hard.

  Jon Meacham

  Ideas, Environmental, Spheres

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• At this time - we're in a dramatic crisis - euro bonds are precisely the wrong answer. They lead us into a debt union, not a stability union. Each country has to take its own steps to reduce its debt.

  Angela Merkel

  Country, Wrong Answers, Unions

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Eurobonds are absolutely wrong. In order to bring about common interest rates, you need similar competitiveness levels, similar budget situations. You don't get them by collectivizing debts.

  Angela Merkel

  Order, Needs, Levels

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My parents believed in education and economic security, and I thank them for it. Because I think that's part of what's made my life stable. It was instilled in me. You have to be able to pay your bills. You do not get into debt. And I never have been.

  Helen Mirren

  Thinking, Parent, Pay

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• Nobody had a credit card when I was a kid. No one had credit card debt. But these big companies and banks wanted to know how to get more money out of people - get them charging things.

  Michael Moore

  Kids, People, Cards

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• The money to fund great things and innovations and programs is gone in our lifetime; it's all gone to debt. So we won't be able to solve global warming or have the transportation that we needed for the 21st century. We should be supporting people with great ideas, but it's gone, and now it's gotta be paid back with interest to banks in China.

  Michael Moore

  Ideas, People, Innovation

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• We can pay the ecological debt by changing economic models, and by giving up luxury consumption, setting aside selfishness and individualism, and thinking about the people and the planet Earth.

  Evo Morales

  Giving Up, Thinking, Luxury

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• When I became CEO of Xerox 10 years ago, the company's situation was dire. Debt was mounting, the stock sinking and bankers were calling. People urged me to declare bankruptcy, but I felt personally responsible for tens of thousands of employees.

  Anne M. Mulcahy

  Years, People, Bankers

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• I'm a strange mixture of my mother's curiosity; my father, who grew up the son of the manse in a Presbyterian family, who had a tremendous sense of duty and responsibility; and my mother's father, who was always in trouble with gambling debts.

  Rupert Murdoch

  Mother, Father, Responsibility

  "Rupert Murdoch Has Potential". www.esquire.com. September 11, 2008.

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• Obama seemed poised to realign American politics after his stunning 2008 victory. But the economy remains worse than even the administration's worst-case scenarios, and the long legislative battles over health care reform, financial services reform and the national debt and deficit have taken their toll. Obama no longer looks invincible.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Taken, Worst Case Scenario, Long

  "Romney's unlikely role model" by Dee Dee Myers, www.politico.com. October 24, 2011.

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• Obama has been perhaps the most partisan President since Truman. He hasn't learned to be civil - note his insulting speech to Paul Ryan, who did us the courtesy of scoring a budget. The president has to talk to Republicans when it comes to the debt ceiling. He has reached the debt ceiling before anyone expected.

  Grover Norquist

  Insulting, President, Ceilings

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• Britain is a textbook case of how growing inequality leads to economic crisis. The years before the crash were marked by a sharp rise in remortgaging and the growth of 0% balance transfer credit cards. By 2008 the UK had the highest ratio of household debt to GDP of any major economy.

  Frances O'Grady

  Years, Gdp, Growth

  "Pay equality and strong unions will put Britain back to work" by Frances O'Grady, www.theguardian.com. August 4, 2012.

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• President Obama is a utopian at heart. He wants to improve the lives of the downtrodden, which is a good thing. But, he doesn't understand that damaging the free marketplace in pursuit of 'social justice' will eventually harm those whom he wants to help. The nation's crushing debt is a tsunami brewing off shore.

  Bill O'Reilly

  Crush, Heart, Justice

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• Learn how to prioritize all your debt. And did you know student loan debt is the most dangerous debt any of us can have?

  Suze Orman

  Students, Loan, Dangerous

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• Take free money. No matter how in debt you are, if your employer offers a matching contribution on a 401(k) or other retirement vehicle, you must sign up and contribute enough to get the maximum company match each year. Think of it as a bonus.

  Suze Orman

  Retirement, Thinking, Years

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• Make this the year you tackle that credit card debt once and for all.

  Suze Orman

  Years, Cards, Credit

  "Suze Orman's 10 Tips for a Fresh Financial Start". www.oprah.com. January 2009.

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• The most important loan to pay is your student loan. It's more important than your mortgage, car and credit card payments. You cannot discharge student loan debt in the majority of cases.

  Suze Orman

  Car, Important, Majority

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• Everyone in our society has had to make a contribution towards dealing with the debts.

  George Osborne

  Our Society, Contribution

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• You cannot tackle Britain's debts without tackling the unreformed welfare system.

  George Osborne

  Welfare, Britain, Tackling

  "George Osborne's speech to the Conservative party conference in full". www.theguardian.com. October 4, 2010.

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• To reduce deficit spending and our enormous debt, you reign in spending. You cut the budget. You don't take more from the private sector and grow government with it. And that's exactly what Obama has in mind with this expiration of Bush tax cuts proposal of his.

  Sarah Palin

  Cutting, Government, Mind

  "Sarah Palin Talks Immigration, Economy and Political Future". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. August 01, 2010.

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• Using taxes to punish the rich, in reality, punishes everyone because we are all interconnected. High taxes and excessive regulation and massive debt are not working.

  Rand Paul

  Reality, Regulation, Rich

  "Sen. Rand Paul's Speech at Howard University". www.realclearpolitics.com. April 10, 2013.

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• I will always vote what I have promised, and always vote the Constitution, as well as I will not vote for one single penny that isn't paid for, because debt is the monster, debt is what's going to eat us up and that is why our economy is on the brink.

  Ron Paul

  Patriotic, Pennies, Monsters

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• All we're getting from the Democratic majority in Congress and from this White House is more bailouts, more spending, more planned stimulus, more deficits and debt, and the American people have had it.

  Mike Pence

  White, People, House

  Interview with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. July 18, 2010.

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