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Debt Quotes
Lines on borrowing, risk, and recovery.
These quotes treat debt as a serious force in both personal and national life, echoing an old warning that unchecked debt can undermine governments as surely as war. A related economic reflection appears in our Debt Ceiling quotes.
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The IMF played crucial roles in the 1980s debt crisis and in the transformation of former communist economies. Radical change, many might argue, is neither necessary nor desirable.
- Opportunities
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It is critical that low-income consumers have access to alternative products and services such as rent-to-own. It gives working-class families opportunities to obtain decent household items without incurring the burden of debt.
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God hath made it a debt which one saint owes to another to carry their names to a throne of grace.
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Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people.
- Financial
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Reducing debt through budgetary consolidation is essential to restoring Europe's financial health.
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We've had years and years and years of compromises, and that's led to $14 trillion in debt.
- Contributing
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Social Security is legally prohibited from contributing to the deficit. It cannot use debt to pay out benefits.
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Whenever we can, we tend to use debt to fund deals, as Aspen is very cash generative, so it doesn't make sense to issue equity. Over time, we can eliminate debt.
- Borrowing
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Borrowing isn't inherently bad; it depends a lot on what the debt is financing.
- Heating
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Thousands of Ohio families are going deeper and deeper in debt just trying to pay their heating bills, fill prescriptions, and buy groceries. The current minimum wage is simply not enough.
- Economy
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