Cost Quote by David Malpass

The idea that growth will remedy our debts is so addictive for politicians, but the citizens end up paying the price.

— Michael Burry

I don't mind the government accruing debts as long as every dollar is spent effectively with a high return. That works out fine. If…

— Jeremy Grantham

But sovereign debt is a wider question not only in Europe but across the globe. While every country is a unique case, I think…

— George Papandreou

The problem is that the U.S. government is the biggest debtor in the world, and those depending on it to take care of them…

— Robert Kiyosaki

The truth is that the United States doesn't need, and shouldn't have, a debt ceiling. Every other democratic country, with the exception of Denmark,…

— James Surowiecki

Governments can inflate their way out of debt, but that has consequences, doesn't it?

— Kent Conrad

We don`t need to drive up the national debt by giving tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires.

— Bernie Sanders

The American way is the way most law-abiding Americans live - in debt. Does this make a balanced budget un-American?

— Cullen Hightower

We don't have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven't taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much.

— Ronald Reagan

Europe is right to tell us to reduce this [France's budget] deficit and spend less. Europe is right to demand this of us but…

— Nicolas Sarkozy

We ought to pay down the national debt, ... The American people are tired of people who make promises about cutting taxes that they…

— John McCain

We need economic growth in Europe and we need to find a solution for the excessive interest rates that are making it difficult for…

— Martin Schulz