Administration Quote by Glenn Hubbard

Most of the major increases in the debt ceiling have been accompanied by structural changes in the way we raise and spend money.

— Charles Bass

Government spending is being restrained, the economy is making progress and moving forward, and the pro-growth, tax cutting policies put in place have allowed…

— Bill Shuster

Increased revenues, meaning higher taxes, will be a central element of any successful long-term budget plan, and President Obama is right to insist that…

— Steven Rattner

Good debt growth is when you borrow money, and it goes into the real economy. You do capital spending. You build businesses.

— Stanley Druckenmiller

The debt they ran up in the first year of the Obama administration is bigger than the last four years of the Bush combined.

— Mitch McConnell

President Obama has almost doubled our national debt to more than $19 trillion, and growing. And yet, what do we have to show for…

— Donald Trump

There are but two ways of paying debt: Increase of industry in raising income, increase of thrift in laying out.

— Thomas Carlyle

Mr. Obama plans to boost federal spending 25 percent while nearly tripling the national debt over 10 years. Americans know that this kind of…

— Karl Rove

According to an analysis by the Tax Policy Center, Donald Trump's tax plan is going to increase the national debt by more than 50…

— Lawrence O'Donnell

The president elect [Donald Trump] says that will lead to more investment and growth. Skeptics say the tax plan would explode deficits.

— Kelly McEvers

Both parties recognize the fundamental danger the country's debt poses to our nation's future, but President Obama's policies have not reflected that reality. By…

— Kim Reynolds

Slow growth and inflation have a tendency to accompany large deficits and increasing debt as a percentage of GDP.

— Bill Gross