But if you want to help pay down our deficit, I'd consider it.

"I feel very good about having the ability to pay down 100 percent of the debt," he said.

I guess if people in general are paying down debt, then something has to give.

They leave the hospital too soon and return to work to pay down their debt.

For the first time in almost 30 years, the federal government began to pay down debt.

Wouldn't we be better off if the money was used to pay down the national debt?

Many of you have talked about the need to pay down our national debt.

If the changes are not made, he said, "we'll simply use the $600 million to pay down our debt."

We need to continue to pay down the national debt.

It certainly makes sense to pay down your debts if you are in a position to do so.