Kane Quotes

I am a fiscal conservative.

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

I've been a conservative when it comes to budgeting issues and streamlining government.

I'm a fiscal conservative. That's how I define myself.

As American families and businesses have been forced to tighten their belts, Washington has refused to do the same.

We've not had one Republican president in 34 years balance the budget. You can't trust right-wing Republicans with your money. You ought to hire somebody who has balanced a budget. I'm much more conservative with money than George Bush is.

Today it is evident that we have two political parties: the Tax and Spenders and the No-Tax and Spenders. Neither party is fiscally conservative. Is there no room at the inn for an honest conservative? A conservative who makes the case for smaller government on its merits and not just as the fallback option when fiscal bankruptcy threatens?

Monetary discipline forces fiscal discipline on the politicians as well.

One thing that Washington D.C. does not do well is cut spending.

Congress must demonstrate fiscal responsibility.

When people talk about conservative government, that's it in a nutshell. We're using taxpayers' money like we would use our own. We're holding in the reins during good times so we're prepared during bad times.

I'm still a fiscal conservative, and I'm inclined to pay down debt.

We Hoosiers hold to some quaint notions. Some might say we 'cling' to them, though not out of fear or ignorance. We believe in paying our bills. We have kept our state in the black throughout the recent unpleasantness, while cutting rather than raising taxes, by practicing an old tribal ritual - we spend less money than we take in.

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

Leaders should not just talk about - but walk the walk of - fiscal conservatism.

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

I have a record as governor. I have a record of cutting spending. And I talked yesterday not only about we ought to cut spending, I talked about how we've cut spending in Mississippi and how if you did the same things in the federal government, you would save tens of billions of dollars a year.

Someone has to stay on the line and say, no, we can do this by cutting spending and reducing the size of government. That's what I was committed to doing.

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.

Disciplined governments do not engage in the economic equivalent of binge eating followed by crash dieting.

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

I am a deficit hawk.

Tony Blair and Gordon Brown committed to John Major's spending envelopes in 1997. No-one said that Tony Blair and John Major were identical. This happens quite often that parties actually, despite all the sound and fury, agree on the overall need to make sure that we live within our means as a country.

Hey, well, I've been a pretty conservative member of congress.

As a fiscal conservative, I believe one of the most important roles the federal government can play in assuring that our economy remains strong is to keep our fiscal house in order.