Being Quote by Matt Taibbi

Comparing your family budget to the sovereign debt of the United States is a little like comparing two kindergartners tossing a paper airplane to…

— Matt Taibbi

A debt is just as hard for a Government to pay as it is for an individual. No debt ever comes due at a…

— Will Rogers

The burden of the national debt consists not in its being so many millions, or so many hundred millions, but in the quantity of…

— Thomas Paine

I am one of those who do not believe that a national debt is a national blessing, but rather a curse to a republic;…

— Andrew Jackson

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

Our national debt after all is an internal debt owed not only by the Nation but to the Nation. If our children have to…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

The federal government now spends one of every four dollars in the entire economy. It borrows one of every three dollars it spends. No…

— Mitch Daniels

Many respected economists and statesmen believe our national debt is neither unwieldy nor a dangerous burden on the country. The trouble is that a…

— Mo Udall

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 biggest debt is always the government debt; it's always debt that government has run up on your behalf.

— Margaret Atwood

If the US Government was a family—they would be making $58,000 a year, spending $75,000 a year, & are $327,000 in credit card debt.…

— Dave Ramsey

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