“But sovereign debt is a wider question not only in Europe but across the globe. While every country is a unique case, I think it's not an issue of countries acting on their own. We need a more coordinated strategy not only in Europe but around the world.” ThinkingWorldNeedsCountryActingCasesIssuesUniqueEuropeStrategyDebtAround The WorldGlobesSovereign Author:George Papandreou
“Instead of focusing on growing jobs and reigniting our economy, President Obama focused on growing government and tried to remake the United States into the image of the debt-laden countries of Europe. His approach has been more spending, more regulation, and higher taxes.” Has BeensCountryStatesGovernmentJobsPresidentUnitedUnited StatesEconomyGrowingHigherTaxesApproachEuropeDebtFocusedSpendingPresident ObamaRegulationRemakes Author:Rob Portman
“For me, there will be no enemies but unemployment, the deficit, excessive debt, economic stagnation and anything else that keeps our country in these critical circumstances.” CountryEnemyEconomicCircumstancesCriticalDebtOur CountryUnemploymentDeficitStagnation Author:Mariano Rajoy
“I mean, the world has already done a big, big effort to forget debt to countries heavily indebted and with low income. And that has given good chances to countries to get out of poverty.” WorldMeanCountryDoneBigsGivenChanceForgetEffortPovertyLowsDebtIncomeIndebtedGood ChanceLow Income Author:Rodrigo Rato
“Greece is a medium-sized country in Europe. Our debt accounts for only 2.5 percent of the total of all members of the euro zone.” CountryMembersPercentEuropeAccountsDebtMediumsZoneGreeceEuro Author:Evangelos Venizelos
“The national parklands have a major role in providing superlative opportunities for outdoor recreation, but they have other people serving values. They can provide an experience in conservation education for the young people of the country; they can enrich our literary and artistic consciousness; they can help create social values; contribute to our civic consciousness; remind us of our debt to the land of our fathers.” PeopleCountryHelpingYoungValuesFatherOpportunitySocialConsciousnessRolesLandMajorsDebtArtisticParksServingProvidingConservationOur FatherCivicsRecreationSocial ValuesSuperlativesOutdoor Recreation Author:Stewart Udall
“The Citizen's Petition reflects Vermont's spirit of pragmatism and across-the-board cooperation. I applaud the 'Campaign to Fix the Debt' for calling attention to one of the country's most pressing problems, our ballooning national debt, and for urging policymakers to find practical solutions.” CountryProblemSpiritAttentionCitizensCallingSolutionsDebtCampaignsPracticalsBoardsCooperationPragmatismPetitionsNational DebtVermont Author:Peter Welch
“It's responsible for the sloppiness and imprecision of the War on Terror, for example. It's responsible for taking people's tax dollars and spending the country into debt on useless wars and pointless pork projects to buy votes. It's responsible for bailing out the banks instead of standing up for the people the banks cheated. It's responsible for plenty.” PeopleWarCountryExampleTaxesProjectsStandingVoteResponsibleDollarsTerrorDebtSpendingPlentyUselessPointlessCheatedWar On TerrorPorkTax DollarsBailing OutSloppiness Author:Timothy Hallinan
“If the current birth rate, which is the lowest in the major developed countries, continues, there will be no Japanese. Who will pay the enormous debt?” IfsCountryPayBirthMajorsRateCurrentsDebtEnormousLowestDeveloped CountryBirth Rate Author:Jim Rogers
“The refunding of the national debt at a lower rate of interest should be accomplished without compelling the withdrawal of the national-bank notes, and thus disturbing the business of the country.” ShouldCountryInterestMoneyEconomicsConstitutionNotesRateDebtAccomplishedCompellingDisturbingWithdrawalNational Debt Book:Inaugural Speeches from the Presidents of the United States - Complete Edition Source: Inaugural Speeches from the Presidents of the United States - Complete Edition
“The great common people of this country are slaves, and monopoly is the master. . . . The politicians said we suffered from overproduction. Overproduction, when 10,000 little children, so statistics tell us, starve to death every year in the United States. . . . We will stand by our homes and stay by our fireside by force if necessary, and we will not pay our debts to the loan-shark companies until the government pays its debts to us.” PeopleIfsYearsChildrenLittlesSaidCountryStatesHomeGovernmentForceUnitedCommonPayCompanyUnited StatesMastersPoliticianSlaveDebtStatisticsLoanMonopolySharks Author:Mary Elizabeth Lease
“Basically, Herman van Rompuy wants the European Union to become a debt union, which may be acceptable to some of the southern countries who are effectively bust. To the northern countries, it is not.” WantMayCountryUnionsDebtSouthernAcceptableVansEuropean Union Author:Nigel Farage
“One must not allow oneself to skid down to isolationism and unbridled economic egoism. ... The second possible mistake would be excessive interference into the economic life of the country. And the absolute faith into the all-mightiness of the state.” CountryStatesWould BeMistakeResponsibilityHistoryPowerEconomicHonestyCapitalismEconomicsAbsolutesOneselfDebtSocialismTaxationEgoismInterferenceIsolationism Author:Vladimir Putin
“Our anti-crisis policy is aimed at supporting domestic demand, providing social guarantees for the population, and creating new jobs. Like many countries, we have reduced production taxes, leaving money in the economy. We have optimised state spending.” CountryStatesJobsSocialResponsibilityHistoryPowerSupportEconomySecurityHonestyPolicyCreationCitizensDemandTaxesEconomicsCrisisInvestingProductionsDebtSocialismInternalsExpensesOther CountriesSocial SecurityTaxationReducingNew JobInvesting Money Author:Vladimir Putin
“When America's creditors consider our behavior they see total fiscal irresponsibility. They see a deluded country that acts as if it is a privilege for foreigners to lend to it, and a deluded country that believes that foreigners will continue to accumulate US debt until the end of time. The fact of the matter is that the US is bankrupt.” IfsBelieveEndsCountryMatterFactsAmericaBehaviorPrivilegeDebtEnd TimesForeignersDeludedCreditorsIrresponsibility Author:Paul Craig Roberts
“Electrical fire and the fire of greed kindle economies. In that flux, nations become digitized commodities on stock-exchange floors and on investors' rating screens. A country becomes a product to be rated for its obedience to paying of deficits and debts.” CountryNationsEconomyFireProductsGreedDebtScreensObedienceInvestorsCommodityDeficitRatingElectricalKindlesFluxStock Exchange Author:B. W. Powe