Sentence examples for driver of debt from inspiring English sources

Another driver of debt is the eroding value of Pell grants, which are targeted to low-income families.

Programs like Medicare and Medicaid "are the big drivers of debt," he went on, "so we spend more time on the health-care entitlements, because that's really where the problem lies, fiscally speaking".

"The driver of our debt is our military-complex machine!" someone shouted from the gallery.

Cuts should be made, he said, not to "the protector of our prosperity" but to "the driver of the debt".

Student loans have been the biggest driver of new debt since the recession officially ended in 2009.

It's not a big enough piece of the pie, and it's not a big enough driver of the debt.

"The driver of our debt is Social Security and Medicare for future beneficiaries," he stated.

Like Kerry, McCain believes that we need to continue the war in Afghanistan -- a huge driver of our debt -- because he's serious about our fiscal future.

"Entitlement changes, which is the real driver of the debt by any objective standard, may well be difficult if not impossible to achieve when you have unified government," he told Bloomberg.

He also admitted that reforms to Social Security would not fix the nation's deficit problem, saying "even though it's not a driver of our debt," changes to the program could demonstrate a commitment to financial austerity.

(Yes, we all do know what the driver of the debt is: waging two wars simultaneously, a $1.4 trillion defense budget, and the lowest tax rates in a half century. Not Medicare. But thanks for playing the game).