Debt Quote by Kristi Noem

It took the first 204 years of our Nation's history to accumulate $1 trillion in debt. And now we are doing that every 2 or 3 years.

— Jim Cooper

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

We gotta control inflation, quit spending our money on everything. But this years tax increase, why it's the biggest in history.

— Hank Williams, Jr

Ultimately, we can't just keep doubling our national debt every eight years. We have got to get that under control and not spend more…

— Ron Estes

You've got to have tax reform to get faster economic growth. Faster economic growth is necessary for us to get our debt under control.

— Paul Ryan

When the economy's shrinking, providing jobs, spending on things like infrastructure can actually increase revenue and drive down debt. And then, there's going to…

— Barack Obama

We have to reduce the burden placed on our economy by years of deficits and debt.

— Anonymous

Faster economic growth helps raise the economy which raises revenues. And that helps us tackle the deficit. There's two things we've got to do…

— Paul Ryan

The great increase in longevity has produced a surge in the desire to accumulate assets for retirement. It has outpaced the ability of the…

— William Vickrey

The biggest change we have to tackle that's out there is that we're digging the hole deeper and deeper and spending is totally out…

— Jon Runyan

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

We don't need to drive up the national debt by giving tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires.

— Bernie Sanders