Debt Quote by Liz Kendall

Tax is a big expense. And I wouldn't mind paying taxes a lot less if our politicians knew how to spend the money, but…

— Donald Trump

These debt obligations will simply erode America's standard of living in the future. Money spent to service the debt is money that we don't…

— Joseph Stiglitz

It is perhaps my greatest hope, Mr. President, that some day we'll consider tax and spending measures with no one else in mind but…

— John McCain

Americans spend much of their adult lives paying taxes in various forms. We should end this practice of paying a tax that is triggered…

— Jennifer Dunn

We [the USA] have a $16 trillion debt which these tax increases will do nothing to solve and you will have at least 200,000…

— Marco Rubio

The National Debt is a very Good Thing and it would be dangerous to pay it off for fear of Political Economy.

— W. C. Sellar

If the US government spends 40 percent of the nation's income, as it does through either borrowing or taxes, that income is not available…

— Milton Friedman

So if we are really concerned about generating more taxes, we ought to be investing in our people, not taking away the kinds of…

— Patrick J. Kennedy

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

Instead of raising taxes as some would insist, we need to reduce waste and inefficiency in government.

— Tim Murphy

It's not so much the amount of tax we pay - it's the sense that our pocket's being picked without our knowing what's going…

— Anonymous

The important lesson of the deficit is - and the national debt - is we have to be careful about how we're spending money.

— Joseph Stiglitz