John Fleming Quotes

Even with not having a balanced budget at this time, I support tax cuts. That will help limit spending.

The best thing to hold down spending is to have a Democratic President and a Republican Congress.

Although virtually all Republicans campaign on fiscal restraint, how many actually care about it deeply?

I've heard enough of Democrats claiming a balanced approach.

Ultimately, we can't just keep doubling our national debt every eight years. We have got to get that under control and not spend more than we bring in.

We should reduce total government spending as a percentage of the economy. The left wants to focus on the deficit so they can take us away from the focus on spending as a percentage of the economy.

I can tell you if you look at the polls, Democrats, Republicans, Independents, they do not think we should increase the debt limit.

You know, when Republicans were in charge, we doubled the debt. But, now, our concern is the Democrats are in charge and they're tripling the debt. So, really, our concern is that we want smaller government.

The American people are tired of the out-of-control spending, and they want Washington to get their act in order and stop spending money we don't have.

In a clean break from the Obama years, and frankly from the years before this president, we will keep federal spending at 20 percent of GDP, or less. That is enough. The choice is whether to put hard limits on economic growth, or hard limits on the size of government, and we choose to limit government.

At his best, Obama promised to work with Republicans to reduce the deficit in a way that honors both individualism and community.

Now make no mistake, I think we need a strong dose of fiscal conservatism in Washington, D.C.

I am a deficit hawk.

When Mr. Obama entered office, he said all the right things about getting Washington spending under control. He even promised to cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term. Obviously, that didn't happen.

The goal is to reduce the size and scope of government spending, not to focus on the deficit. The deficit is the symptom of the disease.

I am a small-government conservative who clings tenaciously and old-fashionedly to the idea that one ought to have balanced budgets.

We need real leadership, Democrat, Republican and independent to stand up and say, we have to live within our means.

Washington has to stop spending money we don’t have for projects we don’t want.

I do think a focus on fiscal restraint is a central element of the Tea Party, and thank goodness for it!

It's much more powerful to say I'm working to reduce spending, deal with our nation's deficit, push back on the federal government, and give specifics for that rather than just say, 'I'm a conservative.'

I'm a Conservative who believes in lower taxes. They lead to a more enterprising economy. But I'm not somebody who believes you can fund lower taxes by borrowing more money.

I think it's the broadest source of dissatisfaction amongst Republicans, out-of-control spending.

The Tea Party knows that continuing to delay charting a course to spending reform hurts everybody.

My point is cutting spending shouldn't be reliant on the debt limit though. It's something we have to do. The good news for America is, leaders in both parties, the president, believe that we have to have significant deficit reduction. So the intent is there. And I think what America is going to demand is that our leaders come together.

The American people know that we cannot spend our way to prosperity.