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The amount of U.S. debt held by countries such as China and Japan is at a historic high, with foreign investors holding half of America's publicly held debt. This dependence raises the specter that other nations will be able to influence our policies in ways antithetical to American interests. ↗

— Evan Bayh

#america #american #american interests #amount #antithetical

While the debate on the Patriot Act is far from over, it is important that all Americans continue in this dialogue and work together to ensure greater security for our nation. ↗

— Jo Bonner

#all americans #continue #debate #dialogue #ensure

We can pay our debts to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves. ↗

— John Buchan

#debts #future #our #ourselves #past

What we define as a bubble is any kind of debt-fueled asset inflation where the cash flow generated by the asset itself - a rental property, office building, condo - does not cover the debt incurred to buy the asset. So you depend on a greater fool, if you will, to come in and buy at a higher price. ↗

— James Chanos

#asset #bubble #building #buy #cash

I was in love with a beautiful blonde once. She drove me to drink. That's the one thing I'm indebted to her for. ↗

— Otis Criblecoblis

#blonde #drink #drove #her #i

A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing. ↗

— Alexander Hamilton

#debt #excessive #national #national debt #us

Marriage, like death, is a debt we owe to nature. ↗

— Julia Ward Howe

#debt #like #marriage #nature #owe

Too many Americans are out of work, and our debt is out of control. ↗

— Susana Martinez

#debt #many #our #out #too

To reduce deficit spending and our enormous debt, you reign in spending. You cut the budget. You don't take more from the private sector and grow government with it. And that's exactly what Obama has in mind with this expiration of Bush tax cuts proposal of his. ↗

— Sarah Palin

#bush #bush tax cuts #cut #cuts #debt

I had been a student in Vienna, and one of the neat little things I had found out was about that zoo. It was a good debut novel for me to have published. I was 26 or 27 when it was published. I already had a kid and would soon have a second. ↗

— John Irving

#already #been #debut #found #good