claim: "our debt is already bigger than our economy."
author: paul ryan
evidence_1: sep 18, 2017 ... (source: "debt to the penny," u.s. treasury. "debt faq," u.s. treasury.)  america's debt is the largest in the world for a single country. it runs neck and  neck with that of the european union, an economic union of 28 countries. for  more, see sovereign debt rankings. the debt is greater than what america ...
evidence_2: aug 17, 2017 ... read a primer on the u.s. national debt, the debt limit and interest payments on  the nation's credit line. ... 2 the nation's debt is now bigger than its gross  domestic product, which was an estimated $19.23 trillion in the second quarter.  debt as a share of gdp rose steeply during and after the 2008 financial ...
evidence_3: jul 25, 2016 ... while accepting the republican nomination for president, donald trump said, " president obama has almost doubled our national debt to more than $19 ...  however, measuring debt in dollars fails to account for inflation or the fact that the  economy and population are larger in 2016 than they were in 2008.
evidence_4: sep 8, 2017 ... even more basically, the nation's debt is a meaningless figure without reference  to the size of the overall economy and the pace of economic growth. after world  war ii, america's debt was larger than our entire gross domestic product, but we  grew so much so fast in the 1950s and 1960s that the debt kept ...
evidence_5: feb 11, 2016 ... for a country like the u.s. with a good payment history, (relatively) strong  economy and control over its own currency, the answer at least for the ... if  spending continues on its projected course and nothing is changed, debt interest  payments will become a larger government expense than even social ...