Ultimately, we can't just keep doubling our national debt every eight years. We have got to get that under control and not spend more than we bring in.

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

Will I obliterate national debt? Sure, why not?

A sagging economy, a soaring national debt, and an increasingly restive Congress pushed Obama to order troop reductions that are both deeper and faster than recommended by his military commanders.

Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt.

Tea Partiers hate government more than they hate the national debt. They refuse to reduce that debt with tax increases, even with tax increases on the wealthy, because a tax increase doesn't reduce the size of government.