“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
“It took the national debt two hundred years to reach $1 trillion. Supply Side Economics quadrupled the national debt to over $4 trillion in twelve years (1980-1992) under the Republicans. Bill Clinton actually paid down the national debt. How did he do it? He raised taxes. It produced the longest sustained economic expansion in U.S. History.” YearsTwoSidesEconomicRepublicanTaxesHundredEconomicsPaidBillsClintonRaisedDebtTwelveExpansionNational DebtSupply Side Economics Book:Straight Talk from the Heartland: Tough Talk, Common Sense, and Hope from a Former Conservative Source: Straight Talk from the Heartland: Tough Talk, Common Sense, and Hope from a Former Conservative
“I'm not a Republican or a Democrat, but George Bush has just put us so greatly into debt; now Obama's going to make it even worse. So, it's basically highway robbery, and I think it's a tragedy.” ThinkingRepublicanTragedyDemocratDebtHighwaysRobbery Author:Robert Kiyosaki
“Good government cannot be found on the bargain-counter. We have seen samples of bargain-counter government in the past when low tax rates were secured by increasing the bonded debt for current expenses or refusing to keep our institutions up to the standard in repairs, extensions, equipment, and accommodations. I refuse, and the Republican Party refuses, to endorse that method of sham and shoddy economy.” GovernmentPastFoundPartyEconomyRepublicanTaxesLowsStandardsEconomicsMethodInstitutionsRateCurrentsRefuseDebtExpensesExtensionsRepublican PartyEquipmentBargainsSampleSecuredAccommodations Author:Calvin Coolidge
“What our Republican friends are doing, if we look at what they do and not what they say, they have decided that the most important thing in this country is to increase payments for interest on the national debt.” IfsLooksImportantCountryInterestRepublicanDecidedIncreaseImportant ThingsDebtPaymentNational Debt Author:Tom Allen
“Gordon Gekko was right: greed is good. Because, the potty-trained Republicans have now stepped forward - like the Koch brothers - to say, 'You know what? You yokels stop talking about defaulting on the debt, because I'm going to lose a fortune!'” KnowsLosesTalkingBrotherRepublicanFortuneGreedDebtPottyGreed Is Good Author:Bill Maher
“I don't understand how the Republican party is the party with the reputation for fiscal conservatism and fiscal sanity, when they're the ones who run up the debt. It was Reagan who ran up the debt and now Bush is doing it again, and in between, Clinton and Bush's father, I must say, worked so hard to get that deficit and that debt down.” HardRunningFatherPartyRepublicanClintonDebtReputationRanSanityRepublican PartyDeficitConservatism Author:Bill Maher
“When Obama's economic advisers - a greater group of schlemiels would be hard to find - warn that failure to raise the limit will trigger default and horrific consequences for the global economy, Republicans should reply that if this is so, tell it to your president and get him to approve the spending cuts along with the debt-limit increase.” IfsShouldHardWould BePresidentEconomyGreaterCuttingGroupsEconomicRepublicanLimitsConsequenceIncreaseRaisesDebtSpendingTriggersDefaultGlobal EconomyHorrificAdviserSpending Cuts Author:Dick Morris
“You know, when Republicans were in charge, we doubled the debt. But, now, our concern is the Democrats are in charge and they're tripling the debt. So, really, our concern is that we want smaller government.” KnowsWantGovernmentRepublicanConcernDemocratDebtSmaller Government Author:Rand Paul
“Republicans drove us into debt with two wars and the Bush tax cuts. Now they want to pay for that debt with cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. This is not only immoral it is bad economics. Why do Republicans always have money for war but not for those in need?” WantNeedsTwoWarSocialPayCuttingSecurityRepublicanTaxesEconomicsDebtImmoralSocial SecurityMedicareTax CutsThose In NeedMedicaidMedicare And Medicaid Author:Bernie Sanders
“Donald Trump refused to outline a health care plan. And they just kind of moved on, instead of pressing him on it. He gave a ridiculous answer on the national debt. And they moved on without pressing him on it. No other candidate could have gotten away with that. So, I think there's a weird bias here in the media rooting for Donald Trump, because they know he's the easiest Republican to beat.” ThinkingKnowsKindCareAnswersPlansMediaTrumpRepublicanBeatsMovedDebtRidiculousHealth CareCandidatesBiasOutlinesMoved OnNational Debt Author:Marco Rubio
“The Republican Party cannot be anti-trade, anti-immigrant, not out there practicing the politics of people, you know, the issues surrounding drug addiction and mental illness and the cost of prescription drugs and healthcare and student debt and all of these things are very personal to people now.” PeopleKnowsPartyIssuesStudentsRepublicanCostDrugTradeAddictionIllnessDebtMental IllnessImmigrantsHealthcareRepublican PartyPrescriptionsDrug AddictionDrug AddictPrescription Drugs Author:John Kasich
“In the words of Alice Walker, the biggest way people give up power is by not knowing we have it to start with. We have it: just to look at the power of fighting student debt or 25 million Latinos who learned that the Republicans are the party that hate and fear but Democrats are the party of people deportation and detention.” PeopleWayGivingLooksHateFightingPartyMillionsKnowingStudentsRepublicanGiving UpDemocratDebtNot KnowingLatinoWalkersDetentionDeportationHate And Fear Author:Jill Stein
“As much as politicians, any politicians, Democrat or Republican, are saying they're trying to help the schools, it's hard because our country is in debt. I would like to do something for the inner-city schools because that's our future, and education is very important in helping our country continue to progress and not regress.” TryingImportantCountryHardHelpingSchoolCitiesProgressPoliticianRepublicanDemocratDebtOur CountryOur FutureInner CityInner City Schools Author:Ansel Elgort
“Let the Democrates go on making its case for more government control over every aspect of our lives. More taxes to pay. More debt to carry. More rules to follow. More judges who just make it up as they go along. We Republicans, we are committed to a federal government that acts again as a servant accountable to the people, following the constitution, and venturing not one inch beyond the consent of the governed. We, we in this party, offer a better way for our country based on fundamentals that go back to the founding generation.” PeopleWayCountryGovernmentPartyPayCasesOur LivesGenerationsJudgingGoes OnRepublicanOffersTaxesAspectConstitutionFundamentalsCommittedFollowingDebtOur CountryServantInchesConsentFederal GovernmentFoundingBetter WaysConsent Of The Governed Author:Paul Ryan
“My hope is that we can get a Republican-Democratic agreement on how we strengthen Social Security as well as looking at some of these other major expenditures that we have that we've got to deal with to make sure that we're not just leaving you guys with a mountain of debt.” WellsGuySocialDealsSecurityRepublicanMountainMajorsDemocraticLeavingDebtAgreementSocial SecurityExpenditures Author:Barack Obama
“I think a lot of voters have certain cognitive dissidence. Donald Trump is getting social conservatives, economic conservatives, some Libertarian, some supply side conservatives, debt hawks. The conservative and Republican base is not monolithic. It has subsets that he seems to be appealing to all of them.” ThinkingSeemsCertainSocialSidesEconomicTrumpRepublicanConservativeDebtLibertarianVotersCognitiveHawks Author:Roger Stone