Issue Position: Cut Spending and Balance the Budget

Issue Position

Reckless government spending endangers our country's financial stability while threatening the prosperity of future generations. With record deficits and more than $18 trillion of national debt, too many politicians offer million dollar solutions to trillion dollar problems. In Congress, John has tackled our out-of-control spending head on by introducing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution which would institute a "no balanced budget, no pay' mechanism for members of Congress. It's time to hold everyone's feet to the fire. He also voted against a reckless budget deal which would have increased the debt ceiling.

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