Overall positions on balancing the budget, prioritizing spending, generating revenue, and reducing the national debt. Other sections can be explored for a fuller picture - Corporations/Regulation, Jobs & Unemployment, Tax Policy, and Trade & Globalization, for example - though funding figures in almost every issue.
Words: Clinton feels we should “pay down the national debt, save Social Security, modernize Medicare with a prescription drug benefit, and provide targeted tax cuts to the families who need them most.” She also believes in a balanced budget. (more…)
Words: McCain believes we should drastically cut government spending and eliminate all pork-barrel bills. He supports a Balanced Budget Amendment.
Actions: McCain voted FOR a balanced budget (more…)
Words: Obama feels that the Bush administration’s policies are not working and opposes raising the national debt limit.
Actions: Obama voted AGAINST a $40 billion reduction (more…)
Words: Paul believes that one can’t legislate economic fairness (and that it is not the government’s job to “regulate the economy”), therefore government should be kept small. He feels spending should be reduced and based on constitutional priorities (more…)
Words: Romney advocates cutting expenses and increasing revenue to balance the budget. He believes that the budget can be cut largely through eliminating waste.
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Words: Biden supports a balanced budget amendment. He believes we should invest in new programs by ending the war in Iraq and eliminating the Bush administration tax cuts. He also feels there should be more transparency for hedge funds and private equity funds. He feels the Federal Reserve (more…)
Words: Edwards believes that the federal budget is “a moral document” that demonstrates our level of concern for poverty. He feels there should be more funds for education, health care, and defense. He argues that there is an asset gap in America (more…)
Words: Giuliani advocates measurable accountability in Washington and proposes creating statistical programs to monitor agencies’ efficiency. He is a strong proponent of tax cuts, but feels that economic development requires maintenance of the infrastructure. (more…)
Words: Huckabee feels we should rein in spending and balance the budget. He believes we must uphold commitments to the states before addressing other spending and advocates bankruptcy reform, limiting Chapter 7 use, protecting domestic support payments (more…)
Words: Kucinich advocates cutting Pentagon spending to balance the budget. He feels that WPA type programs would create jobs and help rebuild America’s infrastructure.
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Words: Richardson supports a Balanced Budget Amendment. He feels we should grow our trade with Latin America. He also argues that the mortgage industry needs more transparency.
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Words: Thompson believes in reducing the national debt through serious budgetary reform. “We need market-based approaches to budgetary reform that guarantee benefits for those who need them and embrace personal responsibility and cost-effectiveness without raising taxes.” (more…)
