The following passage from the latest TIME describes Kansas congressman Dennis Moore?s response to the Obama administration?s health care proposals. The passage also could apply equally well to North Carolina?s budget debate:

The problem is runaway spending. “Voters want us to get some kind of a lid on costs,” he continues. “They aren’t looking for a huge tax increase. Small businesses are struggling to make ends meet as it is.”

For ideas designed to tackle ?runaway spending,? check out Joe Coletti?s Can-Do Budget.