Ben Bernanke actually said...

Absent any action, the debt-to-GDP ratio is going to be not only rising but rising at an increasing pace.

we, the American people, the Congress needs to demonstrate a credible commitment to solving the long-term fiscal problems.

I believe the deficit and debt reduction plan assembled by the President's Fiscal Commission provides one way forward, and I want to emphasi...

It is really a question of do we have the political will to do that, and demonstration of the political will, that is what the markets are w...