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Sometimes you have to make tough decisions to hold the line on spending.

We're going to have to control the spending of government.

You know, even people who talk about cutting spending and they go 'That's not the spending that I was actually talking about that you're supposed to be cutting.' Well, we have to be looking across the board.

We need to stop spending money we don't have.

It is time for us to insist that we are accountable for the money that we are spending.

If you are spending too much, you cut back on spending and you raise your revenues. And that's it.

To simply argue that public spending must always go up and never be cut is irresponsible.

Manage your spending by creating and sticking to a budget.

The American people need to know that money is being used effectively because frankly, the nation can't afford careless spending, no matter how well-intentioned.

We have to reverse spending trends that are not job-creating.