Correcting the deficit will mean higher taxes and lower Federal spending.

The same could be asked of other states, particularly in the South, that combine high poverty rates with low spending.

This will have to be done through one of two ways - either higher tax, lower public spending or, predictably, both.

And he argued that lower military spending need not mean less security if the quality of the armed forces was improved.

Spend more, he proposes, as if low spending were the major problem.

The Governor had said the best way to meet the budget gap would be through lower spending, and most officials expected many more cuts.

Every election they promise you tax cuts and lower spending.

The longer he fights for lower spending, the larger the state surplus will be.

Retailers had the lowest average spending: $1,044 for each employee.

The ideologues wanted exactly that - so they could argue for lower social spending.