So how are we going to deal with a deficit? Nobody's told you. No other candidate will stand up and say, I'm going to do this. What we ought to do is to have a spending freeze. But what it really means is that, say, 1989, we don't spend any more money than we spent in 1988. Then you're going to keep interest rates down. Then you're going to keep inflation rates down. Then you're going to find more jobs for more people of all ages. So the deficit's public enemy number one. Dole for President. Dole for President.

So how are we going to deal with a deficit? Nobody's told you. No other candidate will stand up and say, I'm going to do this. What we ought to do is to have a spending freeze. But what it really means is that, say, 1989, we don't spend any more money than we spent in 1988. Then you're going to keep interest rates down. Then you're going to keep inflation rates down. Then you're going to find more jobs for more people of all ages. So the deficit's public enemy number one. Dole for President. Dole for President., 14f6750fe20cbaf7c681d3b631a46cd4. Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections. https://arc.libraryhost.com/repositories/3/digital_objects/60932 Accessed August 04, 2026.