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Historically, defense spending cuts have preceded increased international turmoil as America's global enemies sense a failure of will. -- Ben Shapiro
If you could bring to me a majority of people to say that we're going to have $10 of spending cuts for $1 of revenue enhancement, put me in, coach. -- Jeb Bush
We must take away the government's credit card. With limits on both tax revenue and borrowing, the Federal government would finally be forced to get serious about spending cuts. -- Alan Keyes
Look, I am not worried about Washington cutting too much spending too fast. I mean, the kinds of spending cuts we're talking about just right now are $100 billion out of a $3.7 trillion budget. -- Paul Ryan
Much fiscal policy is implemented, not through spending increases, but through tax credits and other so-called tax expenditures. The markets should respond to them as they do spending cuts, with little contraction in economic activity. -- Alan Greenspan
I do not intend to dispute in any way the need for defence cuts and the need for government spending cuts in general. I do not share a not in my backyard approach to government spending reductions. -- Stephen Harper
It's not about what the speaker wants. It's not about necessarily what I want. There's two other principles involved here. It's what the constituents in my district want, and they didn't want to raise the debt ceiling unless there were significant structural reforms and spending cuts to help us balance our budget. -- Tim Huelskamp
Well, you have the public not wanting any new spending, you have the Republicans not wanting any new taxes, you have the Democrats not wanting any new spending cuts, you have the markets not wanting any new borrowing, and you have the economists wanting all of the above. And that leads to paralysis. -- Michael Bloomberg
You've got to either say you're going to cut taxes and find some spending cuts. I think we ought to reform long-term entitlement spending in the country, but you can't out of one side of your mouth say, 'Yes, we're for tax cuts, we're for spending discipline, and we're for bringing down the debt.' -- Harold Ford, Jr.
Any politician that says no tax revenue or zero spending cuts does not deserve reelection. Our hole is so deep in this country with the debt and the debt service, the interest on that debt, before the big expenses come for Social Security and Medicare - for we baby boomers in a few years - that everything has to be on the table. -- Douglas R. Oberhelman
You can only win the 'war' with ideas, not with spending cuts -- Klaus Kleinfeld
By making bold cuts in spending and commonsense entitlement reforms, we will make our government simpler, smaller, and smarter. -- Mitt Romney
Even with not having a balanced budget at this time, I support tax cuts. That will help limit spending. -- Steve Chabot
Under current law, on January 1st, 2013, there is going to be a massive fiscal cliff of large spending cuts and tax increases. -- Ben Bernanke
My Republican colleagues say, Let's do the cuts first. The Democrats say, Let's do spending first. I'd like to do both simultaneously. -- Scott Rigell
I support responsible spending, and balancing the budget, but this tax cut and the budget cuts of last month accomplish neither of these goals. -- Marty Meehan
Love is creative. It does not flow along the easy paths, spending itself in the attractive. It cuts new channels, goes where it is needed. -- Evelyn Underhill
The President is destroying the fabric of America with a combined policy of war, tax cuts for the wealthy, and reductions in spending for domestic needs. -- Charles Rangel
The President is destroying the fabric of America with a combined policy of war, tax cuts for the wealthy, and reductions in spending for domestic needs. -- Charles Rangel
I will veto any effort to get rid of those automatic spending cuts to domestic and defense spending. There will be no easy off ramps on this one. -- Barack Obama
In Greece, Italy and, to a lesser extent, France, unsustainable tax cuts and spending sprees added to households' estimates of their private wealth relative to their wage income. -- Edmund Phelps
It's wasteful spending like this that not only forces tax increases and cuts in vital services... but also really make you wonder: who is City Hall looking out for? -- Laura Miller
We must take away the government's credit card. With limits on both tax revenue and borrowing, the Federal government would finally be forced to get serious about spending cuts -- Alan Keyes
It appears that no one is so unfortunate that he or she is exempt from spending cuts, while at the same time no one is so fortunate as to be ineligible for a tax cut -- Jonathan Schell

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