Debt Quote by Jim DeMint

I, for one, believe that revenue has to increase. I think every American would pay more if they thought spending was going to be…

— Douglas R. Oberhelman

I would be embarrassed to tell you how many folks ran saying that they weren't going to spend a bunch of money, they weren't…

— Mick Mulvaney

I think at the end of the day we have to raise the debt ceiling, because America pays its bills.

— Terri Sewell

If I was in Congress, I would not vote to raise the debt ceiling.

— Sean Hannity

We must take away the government's credit card. With limits on both tax revenue and borrowing, the Federal government would finally be forced to…

— Alan Keyes

Obviously, there has to be a profound change in direction. Otherwise, interest on the national debt will start eating up virtually every penny that…

— Bobby Scott

Ill use the money were no longer spending on war to pay down our debt and put more people back to work.

— Barack Obama

I can tell you if you look at the polls, Democrats, Republicans, Independents, they do not think we should increase the debt limit.

— Jim DeMint

If we weren't running deficits, if we weren't spending more than we were taking in, there would be no reason whatsoever to increase the…

— Ron Johnson

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

I continue to vote against such spending increases, but sometimes I think some of my Republican colleagues forgot that we were sent here to…

— Jeff Miller

..either immediately or ultimately every dollar of government spending must be raised through a dollar of taxation. Once we look at the matter. In…

— Henry Hazlitt