Debt Quotes - Page 36

• President Obama's call for nearly a half-trillion dollars in more government stimulus when America has more than $14 trillion in debt is guided by his mistaken belief that we can spend our way to prosperity.

  Rick Perry

  Government, America, President

  "Don’t call it a stimulus" by Aaron Blake and Chris Cillizza, www.washingtonpost.com. September 09, 2011.

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• Washington's insatiable desire to spend our children's inheritance on failed stimulus plans and other misguided economic theories have given record debt and left us with far too many unemployed.

  Rick Perry

  Children, Desire, Inheritance

  Presidential Candidacy Announcement, delivered 13 August 2011, Charleston, South Carolina

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• The thing is, Obama is right that it would be a calamity for the government to default on its debt by not meeting its obligations. Such a thing has never happened and can't be allowed to happen.

  John Podhoretz

  Government, Would Be, Default

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• The United States established itself as a trustworthy new nation in its first two decades after the Revolutionary War by paying its debts, even when many in the country believed it had no obligation to do so. Alexander Hamilton, the founder of this newspaper, insisted on it.

  John Podhoretz

  Country, War, Two

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• I've always thought that as long as directors and casting directors don't see me as just Harry Potter, I'll be OK. People have shown a lot of faith in me, and I owe them a huge debt. They're letting me prove that I'm serious about this.

  Daniel Radcliffe

  Long, People, Directors

  "Daniel Radcliffe takes steps to 'Succeed' after 'Harry Potter'" by Elysa Gardner, usatoday30.usatoday.com. March 14, 2011.

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• The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.

  Ronald Reagan

  Military, Work, Government

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

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• Julia progresses from cradle to grave, showing how government makes every good thing in her life possible. The weak economy, high unemployment, falling wages, rising gas prices, the national debt, the insolvency of entitlements - all these are fictionally assumed away in a cartoon that is produced by a president who wants us to forget about them.

  Mitt Romney

  Fall, Government, Progress

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• 'Harry Potter' created a generation of readers in an era when kids could have disappeared into the depths of the Internet. That's no small feat. Every book series owes J.K. Rowling a debt of gratitude.

  Gary Ross

  Gratitude, Book, Kids

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• Mr. Obama denounced the $2.3 trillion added to the national debt on Mr. Bush's watch as 'deficits as far as the eye can see.' But Mr. Obama's budget adds $9.3 trillion to the debt over the next 10 years. What happened to Obama the deficit hawk?

  Karl Rove

  Eye, Years, Hawks

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• I am prepared to discuss the things that I believe we need to do not just to raise the debt limit. Raising the debt limit is the easiest thing. That's one vote away. The hard thing is to show the world we are serious about putting our spending in order so we can show people we'll able to pay our bills down the road.

  Marco Rubio

  Believe, Order, People

  Senate Floor Speech On The Debt, www.rubio.senate.gov. July 30, 2011.

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• And here's the fact: the fact is it doesn't solve the problem. First of all, if you taxed these people at 100 percent, basically next year you said, 'Look, every penny you make next year the government's going to take it from you,' it still doesn't solve the debt.

  Marco Rubio

  Government, Years, People

  "Sen. Rubio: 'We Don't Need New Taxes, We Need New Taxpayers'". www.realclearpolitics.com. July 7, 2011.

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• We have a government that borrows $4 billion a day. We have a government that owes trillions of dollars in debt, half of that to foreigners, most of that to Chinese investors. I don't - that is extreme. Not only is it extreme. It's insane and it's unsustainable.

  Marco Rubio

  Government, Chinese, Insane

  Interview with Neil Cavuto, www.realclearpolitics.com. March 30, 2011.

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• You know those movies where the people in the audience are screaming, 'Don't go in that door!' because you know the killer is there? Well, it is the same thing with this debt. We know how this ends.

  Marco Rubio

  Movie, Doors, People

  "Republicans Blast Obama After National Debt Surpasses Economic Output". www.foxnews.com. January 9, 2012.

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• Back in 2008, candidate Obama called a $10 trillion national debt 'unpatriotic' - serious talk from what looked to be a serious reformer. Yet by his own decisions, President Obama has added more debt than any other president before him, and more than all the troubled governments of Europe combined. One president, one term, $5 trillion in new debt.

  Paul Ryan

  Government, Europe, Decision

  Paul Ryan's Speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, www.npr.org. August 29, 2012.

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• When you take a look at the problems our country is facing, debt is No. 1. The math is downright scary and the credit markets aren't going to keep on giving us cheap rates.

  Paul Ryan

  Country, Math, Giving

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• The secret to understanding me is, I'm not trying to be anybody other than who I actually am. People want candid, refreshing leadership. And I've always tried to go with solutions. You know, I've always tried to say, here's how we get our economy growing, here's why we get our debt under control. That's what Mitt Romney is offering.

  Paul Ryan

  Leadership, Offering, People

  "Exclusive: GOP VP candidate Paul Ryan on 'Hannity'". Interview with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. August 21, 2012.

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• Our debt is out of control. What was a fiscal challenge is now a fiscal crisis. We cannot deny it; instead we must, as Americans, confront it responsibly. And that is exactly what Republicans pledge to do.

  Paul Ryan

  Challenges, Republican, Deny

  "Paul Ryan State Of The Union Response: Speech Addresses Spending, Health Care & More". www.huffingtonpost.com. January 25, 2011.

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• If we didn't propose these reforms, we would not have proposed a budget that got the debt under control.

  Paul Ryan

  Reform, Propose, Budgets

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• What did the taxpayers get out of the Obama stimulus? More debt. That money wasn't just spent and wasted – it was borrowed, spent, and wasted.

  Paul Ryan

  Taxpayers, Stimulus, Borrowed

  Paul Ryan's Speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, www.npr.org. August 29, 2012.

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• What matters to me is that I do what I think is right and I see, I'm a numbers guy, that's my attitude. I know we have a debt tsunami coming, we are bankrupting this country and I'm in a position where I can actually advance ideas to prevent that from happening. That's exactly what I should be doing.

  Paul Ryan

  Country, Attitude, Thinking

  "Politico" Interview, www.politico.com. March 24, 2010.

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• The President didn't offer any clarity in his latest speech about what he would do to tackle our nation's debt before it tackles us and it's still not clear how he'll keep Medicare from going bankrupt. One thing is clear though, Barack Obama isn't interested in governing or putting forward solutions to fix our nation's problems.

  Paul Ryan

  President, Speech, Clarity

  "Ryan slams Obama inaugural speech" by Mackenzie Weinger, www.politico.com. January 22, 2013.

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• Look, the president is elected to lead and to face the country's biggest challenges. The country's biggest challenge domestically speaking, no doubt about it, is a debt crisis, and I'm really hoping that he is going to give us a budget that tackles this debt crisis.

  Paul Ryan

  Country, Giving, Challenges

  "Rep. Paul Ryan on Deficit Reduction; Gov. Haley Barbour on 2012 Presidential Politics". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. February 13, 2011.

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• This debt crisis coming to our country. The wall and tidal wave of debt that is befalling our nation. Medicare and Social Security go bankrupt within ten years, we have a debt that is looming so high that in the last year of President Obama's budget just the interest payments on our debt is $916 billion dollars.

  Paul Ryan

  Country, Wall, Years

  "Politico" Interview, www.politico.com. March 24, 2010.

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• That's what the Romney plan is all about, how to get jobs created, how to get this debt and deficit under control, how to revive small businesses so we can create jobs, and how to bring growth and opportunity to society instead of this class warfare, instead of speaking to people like they're stuck in some class or station in life.

  Paul Ryan

  Jobs, Opportunity, Class

  "Exclusive: GOP VP candidate Paul Ryan on 'Hannity'". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. August 21, 2012.

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• What I'm concerned about is endless borrowing, which is going to compromise our economy not only today but in the future. Because we know the decisions we make right now really dramatically impact us in the future, and the debt is literally getting out of our control.

  Paul Ryan

  Impact, Decisions We Make, Today

  "Rep. Paul Ryan on Deficit Reduction; Gov. Haley Barbour on 2012 Presidential Politics". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. February 13, 2011.

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