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Issue Position: Rein in Spending to Balance the Budget

Issue Position

Date: Jan. 1, 2015
Issues: Economy and Fiscal Government Budget and Spending

Washington needs to get its financial house in order. Out of control spending is, as former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen put it, the greatest threat to our nation's sovereignty.

The only way will we get a handle on this situation is to reform the manner in which we budget and allocate federal dollars. We must institute a mechanism that will stop the government from spending beyond its means. This is the reason I support a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution. If Arkansas can be required to balance our state's budget, there is no reason Washington can't do it.

Arkansans have been forced to make difficult decisions in this tough economy. To tell them that Washington can't tighten its belt as well would be wrong and completely out-of-touch.


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