- Nov 07, 2020
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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- Nov 07, 2020
I've criticized Republicans for their lack of fiscal discipline when they controlled Congress before 2007. However, that is no excuse to just continue with more of the same or, as the case is now, to make it worse. Under House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's budget, we will double the national debt in five years and triple it in 10.
- Nov 07, 2020
That issue of student debt and college affordability is probably what I would say reinforced that I was a Democrat.
- Nov 07, 2020
We owe our World War II veterans - and all our veterans - a debt we can never fully repay.
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no constitutional basis for the federal government to be mandated to assist with student debt.
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- Nov 07, 2020
You have to tackle the real drivers of debt - that's mandatory spending, not discretionary.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Enough is enough. Enough of the waste. Enough of the spending. Enough of the debt. Enough of the arrogance in Washington, D.C.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every dollar that is printed should not represent a debt to private bankers. It should represent an investment potential in the common good, in the common needs of our country.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Missourians I hear from just don't buy the idea that the only way to tackle the national debt is to drastically alter Medicare and Social Security.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because reverse mortgages do not require borrowers to make immediate repayments, the interest charges are added to the debt every day, and the total amount owed grows over time.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was very important for us to hear that both European governments and the IMF are going to sustain and augment their commitment to Greece because they don't pursue the debt reduction route. They're actually extending more debt, more loans to Greece.
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- Nov 07, 2020