Generational Debt

Famous Quote: Generational Debt
 By Finance Ocean

Who said: No generation has a right to contract debts greater than can be paid off during the course of its own existence?

Pick an answer:

1. Ben Bernanke
2. Thomas Jefferson
3. Alan Greenspan
4. Hank Paulson

Answer: # 2


Explanation: This quote is from a letter written by Thomas Jefferson to James Madison Paris on September 6, 1789. Jefferson sought to explore "The question Whether one generation of men has a right to bind another."


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