Spain's debt totals more than Although its economy is far larger, investors fear that Spain, like Greece, might soon be unable to pay its creditors.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

Third, some people have said don't the successful like Gates owe a debt to society for their success that they repay by paying taxes.

第三，有人说过，像盖茨这样的成功人士,难道不欠社会,不该通过缴税回报社会吗。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

You can see that in the early 1950s mortgage debt was only something like 25% of personal consumption expenditure, but now it's up to about 100%.

抵押贷款在20世纪50年代,只占个人消费支出的25%,现在却占到几乎100%

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

In two weeks, the European Union will consider whether high-debt countries will be forced to take austerity measures like introducing wage cuts, employment freezes and longer working weeks.

VOA: standard.2010.03.01

It seems to me that the government's hands are rather tied becasue the government has very large deficit, and it's running curly from deficits So something like a third of the governments' revenues in income taxes it takes in go through paid interests on its debt.

好像政府现在,能力有限，因为庞大的赤字,政府也还在尽量避免,赤字情况,政府通过收入所得税',拿到的钱中1/3都,要拿去还政府欠债的利息。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

"So we are really talking about drastic reductions, and they must come from countries which have overused their share of the global atmospheric space, which have a natural debt that must be paid, and I think if countries like India are asking for that, it is not wrong.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27