We need to attack the spending. And we need to not just raise taxes, because even if we, for argument's sake, give the president every tax increase he wants, we are still looking at a trillion-dollar debt every single year. We need to address the spending in this country.
John Boehner emphasizes the need to focus on spending rather than solely raising taxes to address the national debt.
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