These steps should be followed by all government policymakers (particularly those in Washington):

• We admitted that we could not restrain ourselves when it came to spending other people’s money- and that our government budgets had become unmanageable.
• We came to believe that only a power greater than ourselves- the Constitution- could restore us to fiscal sanity.
• We made a decision to turn from our big-spending ways and balance the government budget.
• We made a searching and fearless inventory of all unnecessary government expenditures.
• We removed all these unnecessary expenditures from the budget.
• We admitted to ourselves and our constituents the exact nature of our spendaholic ways.
• We humbly asked our constituents to remove us from office if we ever fell off the wagon and started spending recklessly again.
• We took a census of all the taxpayers we had harmed and began making amends to them all.
• We began paying off all government debts, lest we prevent future generations from achieving the American Dream.
• We continued to take inventory of the unintended consequences of government programs; and when we had delusions of government grandeur, we promptly admitted it.
• We sought to improve our contact with our constituents, asking only for the privilege of representing the taxpayers’ interest.
• Having had a political awakening as a result of these steps, we now seek to carry this message to other spendaholics and to practice thrift in all our affairs.

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12 Steps to Fiscal Sobriety (PDF)

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Fiscal Sobriety Press Release (PDF)