The massive debt we have racked up to finance our wasteful government is pulling down growth today. Gross debt over 90 percent of GDP weakens growth now. Not tomorrow - now.

When gross public debt exceeds 90 percent of GDP, economic growth tends to decline considerably.

Honest people can disagree on policy. But where there can be no honest disagreement is the need to change our nation's debt course.

After years of mass immigration, falling wages, and surging joblessness, isn't it time we focused on the needs of the people living here today? Isn't it time we got our own people back to work?

If we can get this economy moving and quit doing the things that prohibit growth, Alabama... can sustain that growth.

It's not that the regulator doesn't want the banking industry to grow. The growth of the industry has always been in relation to the GDP (gross domestic product) growth.