Furman explained that such cuts could be avoided altogether by getting serious about finding a deficit solution that balances more revenue with smart spending cuts.
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If we identify smart spending cuts and needed revenues, we can reduce the deficit responsibly and have room to invest in a strong economic recovery so that businesses can grow and create jobs, and our manufacturing sector can continue to expand.
Smart infrastructure spending enhances productivity, which is always good.
Penney and Coca-Cola 's Brazil unit, have signed on for Microsoft's test of the program, hoping it will lead to "smart" ad spending that will target only ready buyers.
Penney (nyse: JCP - news - people ) and Coca-Cola 's (nyse: KO - news - people ) Brazil unit, have signed on for Microsoft's test of the program, hoping it will lead to "smart" ad spending that will target only ready buyers.
When you understand how much you spend, you can begin making smart choices on your future spending.
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They can cut spending in a smart way, and close wasteful tax loopholes for the well-off and well-connected.
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If we truly want to build opportunities for all Americans, we know we must have a balanced fiscal strategy, one that cuts wasteful spending while making smart investments in our future -- things like education, infrastructure -- for an economy built to last.
People forget that it's noteworthy that Republicans and Democrats alike believe that we ought to deal with our long-term entitlement challenges, that we ought to reduce spending in a smart way, and that we ought to reduce the size of our deficits as a portion of GDP.
Obama has consistently given lip service to the need for economic growth, sustainable federal finances, and smart, more efficient, government spending.
Instead we need to cut wasteful spending, but also make smart investments in things like education and infrastructure, or an economy that's built to last.
Kevin Drum has a very smart post up on the increasing burden of healthcare spending in the U.S. and across the developed world.
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If we truly want to build opportunities for all Americans, then we need to cut wasteful spending, yes, but also make smart investments in our future in education and infrastructure for an economy that is built to last for the long run.
We know that if we want to truly build opportunities for all Americans -- do you hear me -- all of them -- then, yes, we need to cut wasteful spending, but also have to make smart investments in things like education and infrastructure for an economy that is built to last. (Applause.) We know that.
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Instead, we know we need to cut wasteful spending, but we also have to make smart investments in things like education and infrastructure for an economy built to last.
If we want to build opportunities for all Americans, then, yes, we have to cut wasteful spending, but we also have to make smart investments in our future -- things like education and infrastructure for an economy built to last.
We know that if we truly want to build opportunities for all Americans in this country, yes, we need to cut wasteful spending, but we also need to make smart investments -- in education, in infrastructure -- to build an economy that is built to last.
Because everyone here knows good and well that cutting Sesame Street is no way to balance our budget. (Applause.) Instead, we know that we need to cut wasteful spending, but we also have to make smart investments in things like education and infrastructure for an economy built to last.
The magnitude of the spread of smart phone and tablet usage will dictate the trend in telecom spending.
Weapons spending isn't the only area in which smart savings are possible.
What kind of customers are shopping while running errands and, most importantly, are they spending enough money to make a mobile build a smart financial move?
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Likewise, smart marketers can tap very sophisticated tools to optimize their ad spending so that the actual place ads run can be radically different than what an ad director may have thought initally.
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Was the GOP smart to showcase a governor who was part of the big-spending Bush Administration?
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Instead, we need to cut wasteful spending, yes -- but we have to make smart investments in things like education and infrastructure for an economy built to last.
Sales of smart electronics and smart cars will rise dramatically, as will leisure-plus-pleasure spending.
Every single organization that is dedicated to digital should be spending the majority of their time, effort and resource optimizing for smart phones and various tablets.
They borrow much more money than they lay out to buy homes and autos, which leverages the importance of that spending compared to buying a new pair of jeans or a new smart-phone.
But how much spending and time are consumers ultimately going to shift to mobile devices and smart television?
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Boehner may prove himself to be the guy big enough and smart enough finally to engineer something that eluded even the great Reagan: pushing federal spending onto a downward trajectory.
The White House will stress what Mr. Plouffe called "smart" deficit reduction, meaning a plan that avoids cuts to administration priorities such as spending on education and infrastructure.
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