Approach Quote by William J. Clinton

The only way to reduce our national debt is to grow the economy and cut spending. We have no idea how our money is…

— Carly Fiorina

It's a shame that the president doesn't embrace the effort to reduce spending. None of us like using situations like the sequester or the…

— Mitch McConnell

To reduce deficit spending and our enormous debt, you reign in spending. You cut the budget. You don't take more from the private sector…

— Sarah Palin

The right way to deal with a budget problem that was years in the making is by formulating a credible plan to reduce the…

— Christina Romer

Mr. Obama plans to boost federal spending 25 percent while nearly tripling the national debt over 10 years. Americans know that this kind of…

— Karl Rove

During the 2016 presidential campaign, candidate Donald Trump pledged to eliminate our national debt 'over a period of eight years.' Now two years into…

— Seth Moulton

The question is: How do we reduce spending from 25% of GDP, which is where Obama put us? The focus is on total government…

— Grover Norquist

Back in 2008, candidate Obama called a $10 trillion national debt 'unpatriotic' - serious talk from what looked to be a serious reformer. Yet…

— Paul Ryan

President Obama's call for nearly a half-trillion dollars in more government stimulus when America has more than $14 trillion in debt is guided by…

— Rick Perry

We agree with Simpson and Bowles and others who have looked at this. What's necessary is to stabilize the debt and then work from…

— David Axelrod

The way to reduce the debt is by economic growth.

— Steve Mnuchin

The president said he'd cut the deficit in half. Unfortunately, he doubled it. Trillion-dollar deficits for the last four years. The president's put it…

— Mitt Romney