Deals Quote by Mike Pence

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

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

— Stanley Druckenmiller

When the economy is growing, there's a lot that can be done to deal with the deficit.

— Henry Paulson

The fact is, we'll never build a lasting economic recovery by going deeper into debt at a faster rate than we ever have before.

— Ronald Reagan

Economic growth tends to require the taking of resources from the Earth. So something has to change on a debt-based economy.

— Gail Bradbrook

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

— Terri Sewell

I believe, as a matter of principle, that the debt is a problem that must be addressed sooner rather than later. I also know…

— Mick Mulvaney

So when folks talk about the deficit and leaving the deficit for our children, we will never get out of debt had this country…

— Debbie Stabenow

The way to reduce the debt is by economic growth.

— Steve Mnuchin

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

Many governments run deficits of that sort of level year on year. So long as you are spending the money on investment, there is…

— Nick Boles

Our ballooning national debt is already an economic and security crisis.

— Katie Britt