He has made several attempts to curb the spending and budget issues within the government and especially on Capitol Hill. With the current deficit at an all time high of upwards of 14 trillion Rubio has purposed that a government spending freeze be issued for all non-defense and non-veteran spending. He wishes to freeze at 2008 spending levels. This would mean that the government would not be able to continue to freely spend about the spending levels of 2008. He has also pushed the unfriendly idea of 10% budget cut of White House and Congress spending. This agenda was made with harsh review as this means a slight pay cut for politicians, including himself, and small reductions in staff. He wishes to reduce the fat of the federal bureaucracy and directly apply the savings to the growing deficit. In 2010, he supported a United States Constitutional Amendment which would require the Senate Balance the Budget yearly to ensure that the debt is not only dealt with but action is out forth to …show more content…
Unless the Democratic Party can find another potential candidate it appears that Clinton may be the name on the ballot. Although Clinton outranks Rubio in years of age, her lack of follow through as the First Lady, Senator of New York, and now the head of the State Department cannot be ignored. Their differences in life and on the political spectrum are apparent. Hilary has indeed had a long career; however her wake of error and scandal cannot be lifted from the view of the American public. In 1992, during her husband’s Presidential campaign the Clinton came under fire for subsidizing losses of a company into another company that they co-owed. The scandal was named Whitewater and charges could never be brought against the Clintons due to lack of evidence. Then in 1996, while the Clintons were in office, some of the records that could not be “found” during the scandal where located in the Presidential Library. Several Independent counsels were created to review the actions of both the First Lady and the President. Investigations were inclusive and no further legal action was brought again them. Once again the First Lady would be dragged into another scandal in 1998. Clinton’s husband became the focus of an internal investigation around a relationship he had with an intern. At first the President and First Lady denied that he has been