Political Quotes

“It is not compassionate to bankrupt America. That is exactly what this plan does. It equips this country with more debt to pay for the past debt with no plan to pay for the future debt. The only thing is more debt. It is a debt bomb, and it is something that this body has an obligation to stop. This country is on auto pilot for a crash site, and the only plan is to keep riding on auto pilot right into the crash site. The whole point of the debt ceiling is to force this body to do its duty and to come up with a plan to not default. The only question isn't whether we default tomorrow, which we shouldn't, of course we should pay our debts, but we shouldn't default in the future either. And unless we come up with a different course of action, this is going to ride all the way to the crash site. I will oppose this, and I encourage all of my colleagues to do the same, and we should continue to oppose it until there is a plan to avert the crisis in the crash that is coming. Don't bankrupt America.”