Issue Position: Debt and Spending

Issue Position

Runaway federal spending, deficits, and debt are a barrier to our economic recovery. The exponential growth of the federal deficit threatens the future of our children and grandchildren. With our nation now more than $17 trillion in the red, there has never been a more urgent time to stop spending money we don't have. Sadly, a third of our historic debt was compiled under this President -- more debt than was accumulated in our nation's first 200 years combined.

OUR RECORD-HIGH DEBT IS AS MUCH THE RESULT OF FAILED LEADERSHIP IN WASHINGTON AS IT IS FAILED POLICIES THAT GREW GOVERNMENT INSTEAD OF OUR ECONOMY.

John Kline believes we must change course by enacting commonsense reforms to strengthen our economy today and save the American dream for the next generation.

To cut spending, John led the successful fight to ban wasteful earmarks commonly referred to as pork-barrel spending. Now, John is fighting for a constitutional balanced budget amendment to force Washington to stop spending money it doesn't have. We need to get serious about changing the way we spend money in Washington. Implementing long-term reforms will make sure we never again face a debt crisis like we do today, and that is what John is working to accomplish for all Minnesotans.

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