Balance Quote by Joni Ernst

The first thing we have to do is get spending under control in Washington. It's completely out of control. We Republicans came to power…

— John McCain

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…

— Jim Jordan

Let's establish that no one in Washington actually cares about balancing the budget.

— Cenk Uygur

The only way we will ever reduce the debt and balance the budget is if America beats Washington and tea party activists take over…

— Matt Kibbe

You want to balance the budget in this country? We change the salary structure for Congress and the President. Every year they don't balance…

— Daniel Keys Moran

It is time we passed a balanced budget amendment and return this government to limited spending.

— Newt Gingrich

Our priority must be to build a path towards balancing the budget, and we cannot tolerate growing deficits.

— Anonymous

Washington doesn't have just a spending problem, or just an entitlement problem, or just a taxing problem. We have a leadership problem. Fix that,…

— Mark McKinnon

We have to cut spending. We're - the thing is out of control.

— Tim Pawlenty

We need a smaller, leaner Washington. It won't happen if we raise taxes without any coinciding reform and serious slashing of spending.

— David Harsanyi

We should balance the budget. If government programs are important enough, we need to pay for them with taxes or make cuts in lesser…

— Robert J. Samuelson

The way to balance the budget is for Congress to cut Social Security, move the retirement age to 70, cut defense, Medicare and veterans…

— Howard Dean