Issue Position: Fiscal Responsibility

Issue Position

It's not about how much you make, or even how wealthy you are, it's about how you manage what you've been blessed with. The richest nation, state, municipality, or even individual will eventually all come to ruin if spending isn't mangaged and controlled.

It is hard to avoid the headlines these days about our Federal Debt (now over $18 Trillion dollars). Most of us regularly contemplate it without being able to fully comprehend both its sheer magnitude or ramifications. One thing is for certain though, if something isn't eventually done about it, there will be a day of reckoning.

Mississippi ranks 42nd in "state's percentage of debt" as it relates to Gross State Product (GSP). A balanced budget and debt removal are more than just things households should strive for; but all levels of government. All of us should make fiscal responsibility our mantra. Only then will we see on an individual, city, state and national level, that true economic peace and security that we all so fully desire.

Dan Eubanks pledges to always work towards responsible state spending and a balanced budget, without raising taxes.

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