That will put more pressure on him to scale back spending while trying not to increase state debt.

Is that suddenly going to be a state debt problem?"

The money was used to pay interest on the state debt and outfit troops.

All of these tactics failed and drove up the state debt.

The first step to bringing state debt under control is the easiest: Make it public.

The revenue from the sale to the fund could be used to pay off state debt.

Hamilton's report also provided for the assumption of state debt by the federal government.

Says surpluses should be used to pay off state debts.

With rising unemployment and associated benefits the size of state debt increased.

With their position secure, the Democrats next tackled the state debt.

Are we going to pay for municipal office buildings with state debt?"

She also refinanced state debt and in doing so saved about $500 million.

Our dangerously growing state debt burden alone is proof of that.

It has around $18 billion in outstanding state debt.

He reduced the state debt by $12 million and balanced the budget while increasing social welfare services.

Now with the economy in a slide, her tax cuts and expanded state debt have come under attack by the new governor.

Another issue was the growth of the United States debt and how this would need to be addressed.

Retrenchment was a common response of southern states to state debts during the depression.

At issue, though, is the fundamental arithmetic of Italy's state debt.

He and his staff also declined to say how much could be saved by refinancing state debt.

Today, total United States debt has surpassed 100% of our economy.

Finally, they are to be commended for including a limit to the extent of state debt, which is very important.

Article 9, Revenue, provides rules for various forms of taxation and state debt.

Republicans increased the state debt in the past eight years, leaving the administration little room for new borrowing should tax revenues decline.

Allowing state debt to bail out bad decisions of private banks always felt like an error.