I have voted to make tough decisions in budgetary times, I've served on two recessionary budgets, my opponent has never served on any a budget committee where there was less money to spend than the year before.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Sometimes you have to make tough decisions to hold the line on spending.
In the state of Michigan, where I served in the state Legislature, there was a lot of shuffling of money between one year and the other to balance the budget.
As I have traveled throughout my Congressional district, the one thing I heard loud and clear was simply please stop spending money you do not have, rein in spending, live within a budget.
I am a governor who left office with a smaller general fund budget than when we started.
I've been outspent by my opponents every time I've run for U.S. Senate.
My dad was fiscally conservative, and I was influenced by that. He didn't believe in spending more than you had because it gets you into trouble.
I think Governor Romney has a two-part budget plan that very much levels with voters far more so than any candidate in my lifetime.
I was the governor that drew a tough, tough straw. I was governor during the worst recession since the 1930s, and I had to cut $5 billion from the state budget.
I am a small-government conservative who clings tenaciously and old-fashionedly to the idea that one ought to have balanced budgets.
If one committee controlled your entire budget, I think you might make some effort to build up personal relationships. I think it is a no-brainer.