Mr. Bush also implies that by 1993 the budget will be in balance through a simple spending freeze.
Even President Obama exempted the military from his spending freeze earlier this year.
Senator Dole said he would consider a spending freeze, possibly for two years, but did not like the approach.
"Ed is the guy that invented the spending freeze 1997-98."
And a quiet chuckle for "Ed is the guy that invented the spending freeze 1997-98."
A three-year spending freeze has been imposed on health care and education, the two biggest items in the province's budget.
We are not talking about a spending freeze or a reduction of 1% or 2%.
We're talking about a spending freeze in the middle of a 1929-30-style meltdown!
He has advocated for an across-the-board spending freeze, including entitlement programs.
In 1983, at least, he proposed doing something about it, calling for a contingency tax and a Federal spending freeze.
