National Debt & Budget

It is not what you make that gets you in trouble, it is what you spend. 

I am a firm believer that less government is best. When you boil it all down, the government is a major part of the reason why we have an energy crisis, a struggling education system, and so many regulations in health care that competition and transparency are significantly impeded.  Costs continue to spiral out of control and insurance is unaffordable for many.

Families across North Carolina and America are required to live within their means, and the Federal government should be forced to do the same. I will support a balanced budget amendment that requires Washington adhere to these same principles.  

While in the state legislature, I helped cut spending, eliminated unnecessary and costly rules and regulations, and stood up to the tax and spend agenda of big-government bureaucracies – including cutting the jobs of unnecessary bureaucrats.  I will do the same in Washington.  

In Washington, we must do the same – cut spending and get the government out of the way so that our farmers, entrepreneurs and small businessmen can grow, prosper, and create jobs.  A smaller government that spends less, and a vibrant, growing economy are critical to our ability to start paying down our National debt.

It is not what you make that gets you in trouble, it is what you spend.