Country Quote by Paul Ryan

he economy favors throughput over quality and craftsmanship, and economists are terrified because the American savings rate has crept upward from about zero to…

— Denis Hayes

And that's the one thing that people do not understand is that we have very low interest rates and if those go back to…

— Ben Quayle

I think it's scary for consumer confidence and for confidence in U.S. businesses and potential credit ratings if we don't make sure that we…

— Andy Jassy

I really truly worry that the debt is one of the single biggest threat to the United States of America, that we're talking about…

— Jason Chaffetz

One of the reasons I think people are increasingly nervous about U.S. debt is because they think that we are not actually digging ourselves…

— Peter Thiel

The interest on our debt is going to collapse this country.

— Ted Yoho

What I'm concerned about is endless borrowing, which is going to compromise our economy not only today but in the future. Because we know…

— Paul Ryan

There's nothing inappropriate about having debt in America. It's what helped us grow over time. And it's when debt gets out of control that…

— Warren Buffett

Not all debt is bad. From time to time we should get into debt when there's a good reason for that.

— Dan Ariely

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

Our nation's debt has to be a concern for us all. It is not sustainable long-term.

— Jaime Harrison

We do not have a debt crisis right now, but we see it coming. We know it's irrefutably happening. And the point we're trying…

— Paul Ryan