People who buy government debt deserve to be punished and taught a lesson — Doug Casey Copy Share Image
As a very important source of strength and security, cherish public credit. — George Washington Copy Share Image
A government debt is a government claim against personal income and private property - an unpaid tax bill. — Hans F. Sennholz Copy Share Image
The biggest debt is always the government debt; it's always debt that government has run up on your behalf. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Governments create money and spend it into the economy by running budget deficits. The paper currency in your pocket is technically a… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
Economies typically do not function well in hyperinflation. The real value of government debt might disappear, but the economy is likely to… — Eugene Fama Copy Share Image
As the American people have discovered, soaring rhetoric is no substitute for effective leadership on the key issues facing our nation: jobs,… — Kevin Brady Copy Share Image
With all this consumer debt, business debt, government debt, smaller movements in interest rates have a magnified effect. a small movement can… — Bill Gross Copy Share Image
The multiplication of public offices, increase of expense beyond income, growth and entailment of a public debt are indications soliciting the employment… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I go on the principle that a public debt is a public curse and in a republican government more than in any… — James Madison Copy Share Image
What's just about a generation of people who rack up government debt for their own health care and retirement - while leaving… — Rupert Murdoch Copy Share Image
Right now, a majority of the debt is owed to foreign interests, Japan being the largest purchaser of government debt today, soon… — Ron Kind Copy Share Image
..avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of peace to… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Investment bankers do much of their business underwriting government bonds, in the United States and abroad. Therefore, they have a vested interest… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
This is a derivative, if you will, of Cloward-Piven [theory]. "[Stephen] Lerner's plan is to organize a mass, coordinated 'strike' on mortgage,… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure... It is a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“About half the global economy is living beyond not only its means but its diminished number of children's means. Instead of addressing… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
We need a wealth tax that on a one-time basis is going to take back at least some small fraction of the… — David Stockman Copy Share Image
A dramatic unwinding of that relationship [between USA and China], by way of an aggressive trade policy, is one of the nightmare… — Judy Woodruff Copy Share Image
In the distance, I see a frightful storm brewing in the form of un-tethered government debt. I choose the words -“frightful storm'… — Richard W. Fisher Copy Share Image
To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The great increase in longevity has produced a surge in the desire to accumulate assets for retirement. It has outpaced the ability… — William Vickrey Copy Share Image
Increased spending, growing government debt and overreaching regulations are stifling job creation and economic growth. — Joe Craft Copy Share Image
The day I get a credit card with a negative real interest rate is the day we can compare government debt to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image