If we didn't propose these reforms, we would not have proposed a budget that got the debt under control.
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We do not need mindless spending bills with no reforms attached.
If we weren't running deficits, if we weren't spending more than we were taking in, there would be no reason whatsoever to increase the debt ceiling.
The budget doesn't have much control over the government. Then again, the government doesn't have much control over the budget.
We still have a major problem in debt with America that we have to find efficiencies in government to get us back to a balanced budget.
What I wanted to do was see if we couldn't balance the budget.
But the debt limit obviously is something that needs to and will be passed. That is not inconsistent with a process and a belief that we have to get significant deficit reduction.
To suggest that we can't pay our debts - that's absolutely not true.
You cannot tackle Britain's debts without tackling the unreformed welfare system.
Cutting budget deficits can never be just an exercise in economics.
There was no avoiding the fact that we were going to hit our debt ceiling.