Those who demand spending control and oppose tax hikes hold the intellectual high ground.
Twenty towns and cities in England are to be offered more spending control in areas such as planning and transport.
The proper response would have been a focus on long-term spending control and pro-growth policies, not a panic-based, growth-discouraging tax hike.
Getting overall spending under control inevitably means spending less on Medicare and Social Security.
And the opportunity here -- again, this is a prize, this is a prize that has been sought for a long time and it is an objective that Republicans in particular have made clear is very important -- significant deficit reduction, getting our debt -- long-term debt under control, getting our spending under control.
The new measures include getting spending under control, raising taxes to fund the necessary spending and eventually initiating a broader range of reforms to spread the benefits of growth to more people.
It is, I would have thought, pretty essential for conservatives who want to control government spending to have control of that government.
Instead, do your jobs, cut up the credit cards, and get spending under control.
FORBES: Debt Ceiling Vote Is Republican Leverage For Budget Reform
Mitt Romney, by contrast, rolled out an original, thoughtful, politically plausible plan to get Medicare spending under control.
It asked women to complete an online questionnaire that asked what percentage of household spending they control or influence.
Getting spending under control would allow taxes to be cut as well.
FORBES: The Proper Post-Election Agenda: Cut Spending, Then Taxes
Japan's economy minister said Tokyo might consider increasing purchases of European bailout bonds, but called on leaders to bring spending under control.
If Mr Menem wants his departure to be more tranquil than his arrival, he must redouble his efforts to keep public spending under control.
"We have flexibility in our balance sheet, in our spending (control) and in our investments, " said Pfizer Chief Executive JeffKindlerJeff Kindler during the company's conference call.
Politicians are going to not increase the spending they control?
This is a challenge that both parties have a responsibility to address -- to get federal spending under control and bring down the deficits that have been growing for most of the last decade.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Proposes Federal Employee Pay Freeze
And then we continue to debate how we move forward to reduce our deficit in a balanced way, how we move forward to get our health care spending under control and reform our tax system.
Asked about Mr Barber's criticism of government cuts, she said ministers recognised that times are tough but the government had to deal with the deficit and get public spending under control to get the economy back on track.
In either case, Republicans will have (1) driven the debate for the next two years, (2) developed a strong brand going into the 2014 elections, and (3) send a strong message to the markets they will get government spending under control.
FORBES: Forget The Whining, Here's A Plan For Republicans To Seize The Agenda
Given that countless other powerful advocacy groups have similar stakes in keeping Medicare as it is, the story of the AARP is yet another example of how premium support would keep politics out of the system, and thereby help keep spending under control.
So while the government struggles to cap its spending, you can come away with a credit card that helps control spending while building your rating.
Candidates respond to a question about how they would tackle the national debt and control spending.
But, from a strictly financial standpoint, we must deal with our out of control spending.
FORBES: Why The Obama Administration Is Wrong About The Credit Downgrade
Continued delay now leaves a long boom as the only time to control spending.
Only a third of the federal government's drug-control spending goes on drugs education or drugs treatment.
With genuine savings difficult, the government may try some accounting ruses to make spending look under control.
In last week's election the voters made it very clear that they want spending brought under control.
Otherwise you do not have a sensible program for reducing our out-of-control spending.
Designed to control spending on the enormous entitlement, the SGR tied Medicare expenditures to the growth rate of the economy.
应用推荐