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Tom Graves stated on September 01, 2011 in an article:
"Two days of interest we pay to China is enough to buy one joint strike fighter [jet]."
By Eric Stirgus• September 9, 2011
Randy Forbes stated on April 14, 2011 in a press release.:
"Each day our nation pays communist China $73.9 million in interest on our debt."
By Jacob Geiger• April 26, 2011
Republican Party of Florida stated on October 29, 2015 in a Facebook post:
"How many concerts would Taylor Swift have to perform to pay off one day of interest on our national debt? She would have to perform every day for three years."
By Joshua Gillin• November 6, 2015
Tom Price stated on July 24, 2011 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union with Candy Crowley":
"The U.S. won't default, because default means that you don't pay your creditors. And it takes about 10 percent of the money that's coming in right now" to pay interest to bondholders.
By Louis Jacobson, Willoughby Mariano• July 26, 2011
Caroline Casagrande stated on October 26, 2012 in an interview with NJTV's Michael Aron for "On The Record":
"Every American now is $51,000 in debt. That’s money I owe, that’s money my children owe before they even go to kindergarten, that’s their check to the federal government right now."
By Caryn Shinske• November 15, 2012
Hillary Clinton stated on September 26, 2016 in a Presidential debate:
Says Donald Trump once suggested that he "would try to negotiate down the national debt."
By Amy Sherman• September 27, 2016
Terry McAuliffe stated on May 07, 2011 in a speech.:
"The $1.8 billion in [transportation] bonding, we don’t have a repayment mechanism."
By Jacob Geiger• May 18, 2011
Barry Hinckley stated on July 24, 2011 in an appearance on Channel 6:
"There's no money in Social Security."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• August 4, 2011
Rob Portman stated on April 16, 2012 in a column in Politico:
The Buffett Rule "will bring in less than $5 billion per year. ... Enough to pay one week’s interest on the national debt."
By Tom Feran• April 23, 2012
Rob Woodall stated on February 01, 2011 in a town hall meeting:
One half of federal spending goes to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid while the other half goes to other programs funded with money "borrowed from a foreign land."
By Eric Stirgus• February 25, 2011
Allen Buckley stated on July 13, 2016 in a campaign statement:
"U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson has voted for $7 trillion of our national debt!"
By Jim Tharpe• August 10, 2016
Bill Clinton stated on September 19, 2010 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"We paid down the debt for four years -- paid down $600 billion on the national debt."
By Louis Jacobson• September 23, 2010
Johnny Isakson stated on January 24, 2011 in a speech:
If you tried to pay out $1 trillion by handing it out at $1 per second, it would take more than 31,000 years.
By Willoughby Mariano• February 9, 2011
Barack Obama stated on April 13, 2011 in a speech:
"By the end of this decade, the interest we owe on our debt could rise to nearly $1 trillion."
By Louis Jacobson• April 14, 2011
Ted Cruz stated on October 26, 2020 in an interview:
Says Trump “didn’t campaign on cutting the debt” … “That’s not what he promised to do.”
By Brandon Mulder• October 30, 2020
Michele Bachmann stated on November 09, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Michigan:
"By 2015, we will be sending so much interest" to China that "we will be paying for the entire People's Liberation Army."
By Louis Jacobson• November 10, 2011
Barack Obama stated on July 12, 2011 in an interview with CBS News:
Social Security and other federal checks may not go out on Aug. 3 if the debt ceiling is not increased.
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson• July 13, 2011
Jeanne Shaheen stated on November 27, 2012 in an interview on MSNBC’s Jansing and Co. :
Social Security has not contributed to the debt and the deficits.
By Jake Berry• December 10, 2012
Andrew Napolitano stated on October 17, 2013 in an interview on "Fox and Friends":
"Woodrow Wilson borrowed $30 billion to fund World War I in 1917. That money has not been paid back. And we are still paying interest on it."
By Louis Jacobson• October 23, 2013
Roger Williams stated on October 11, 2013 in an interview as quoted in a news story:
The federal government "has $3 trillion in cash flow, so we can pay our bills" and won’t default.
By W. Gardner Selby• October 16, 2013

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By Louis Jacobson• May 16, 2016

The looming debt-ceiling showdown: What you need to know

By Louis Jacobson• September 22, 2021

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By Louis Jacobson• July 16, 2011

The debt limit fight: Why does it matter? How could it be resolved?

By Louis Jacobson• January 19, 2023

Answering reader questions about Medicare

By Tom Feran• November 22, 2011

Jeff Merkley's Social Security claim elicits blasts from both sides: PolitiFact Oregon

By Dana Tims• September 12, 2014

Mix 'n match creditors with causes

By Angie Drobnic Holan• June 20, 2008

Day 2 of the New Hampshire GOP summit, fact-checked

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• October 15, 2023

Truth-O-Meter gets tuneup

By Willoughby Mariano• July 31, 2011

Rhetoric doesn't pay the bills

By Alexander Lane• June 24, 2008

The new politics of the vote on the debt ceiling

By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 29, 2011

The battle over the debt limit: What to know after the House GOP passed its bill

By Louis Jacobson• April 28, 2023

The Democrats’ overstated claim that the Inflation Reduction Act curbs debt, inflation

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By Warren Fiske• February 8, 2011

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By Wes Hester• July 5, 2011

Trying to pin down what Donald Trump thinks about abortion, the minimum wage, taxes, and U.S. debt

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