From 1994 to 2000, the President says the growth of private spending would be cut in half.

But by 2014, health care spending growth is expected to reach 8.3%.

However, the president never followed the increase with a serious effort to reduce the growth of spending.

But it did not stem the growth of Federal spending on health care.

"This implies not only the need to make cuts now, but to control the growth of future spending."

It also imposed a 5 percent cap on its spending growth.

The result is an anarchic growth of Federal government and spending.

He has no caps on local or school district spending growth.

So I believe we need to control the growth of mandatory spending - back to this gentleman's question.

In the first term we slowed the growth of spending.