You could be celebrated as a guy who fought against spending.

Voters had humiliated the government in the recent county elections, he reasoned, as a protest against high public spending.

I want you to stand against rampant military spending, which is 60% of the American budget.

He highlighted his Congressional record of battling against pork-barrel spending.

He distrusted Roosevelt, and gave many speeches against high federal spending.

The Governor, they said, was taking an unpopular but justifiably tough stand against excessive spending.

Even though the mayor held the line against new spending, he made exceptions in a couple of important areas.

Included in his legislative agenda were issues such as calling for a constitutional convention and holding the line against excessive spending.

Lawmakers who did not expect to spend their lives in Congress would be more willing to vote against additional spending, they said.

Washington is depicting aid to Moscow as an investment in a free market and insurance against military spending.