“Bless his heart, I have respect for Mitt Romney, but I do not have respect for what he has done through this debt increase debate. He did this. He waited until it was a done deal that we would increase the debt ceiling, and more money would be spent, more money borrowed and then spent on bigger government. And then he came out and he made a statement, that he didn't like the deal after all. You know, you can't defer an issue and assume that the problem is going to be then avoided.” HeartMadeDoneProblemGovernmentWould BeDealsIssuesRepublicanBiggerIncreaseAssumingDebtDebateStatementsBlessMore MoneyAvoidedRomneyCeilingsBorrowedDebt Ceiling Author:Sarah Palin
“In the distance, I see a frightful storm brewing in the form of un-tethered government debt. I choose the words -“frightful storm' - deliberately to avoid hyperbole. Unless we take steps to deal with it, the long-term fiscal situation of the federal government will be unimaginably more devastating to our economic prosperity than the subprime debacle and the recent debauching of credit markets that we are working right now so hard to correct.” LongHardGovernmentFormTermDealsSituationStepsEconomicRight NowDistanceProsperityCreditDebtStormLong TermFederal GovernmentBrewingHyperboleEconomic ProsperityDebaclesGovernment Debt Author:Richard W. Fisher
“When you talk about raising that debt limit, the only way that I would ever support raising the debt limit if we also talk about budgetary controls on the federal government, capping its spending, how do we deal with the Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid problems, because they cannot continue to run on auto-pilot.” IfsWayProblemGovernmentRunningSocialDealsSupportSecurityLimitsDebtSpendingPilotsFederal GovernmentSocial SecurityMedicareMedicaidMedicare And Medicaid Author:Allen West
“every issue that we deal with in this country has a moral component to it. And so, to divorce a moral component to the debt burden we're leaving the next generation, the tax structure to how we spend our money in Washington, and how we - you know, how we value human life - I mean, all of those things, to me interrelate. They're not - they're not separate issues.” KnowsHumansMeanCountryValuesNextDealsMoralKnow HowIssuesGenerationsTaxesStructureLeavingBurdenDivorceDebtHuman LifeComponentsNext Generation Author:Rick Santorum
“A man who owes a little can clear it off in a very little time, and, if he is a prudent man, will; whereas a man, who by long negligence, owes a great deal, despairs of ever being able to pay, and therefore never looks into his accounts at all.” IfsMenLooksLittlesLongAbleDealsPayClearDespairAccountsDebtPrudentLittle TimeNegligence Book:Letters Written by the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son Source: Letters Written by the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son
“It's a shame that the president doesn't embrace the effort to reduce spending. None of us like using situations like the sequester or the debt ceiling or the operation of government to try to engage the president to deal with this.” TryingGovernmentPresidentDealsEffortSituationShameEmbraceDebtSpendingOperationsCeilingsDebt Ceiling Author:Mitch McConnell
“But obviously, we're looking for all good ideas to help deal with our long-term debt problem. This is something that is going to affect our economy. It affects our kids. And we need to deal with it.” NeedsLongIdeasHelpingProblemKidsTermDealsEconomyDebtBrilliantLong TermGood IdeasBrilliant Ideas Author:David Axelrod