[FITZ]

said that he would not raise taxes or cut spending to do it.

Too pragmatic.

[FairOpinion]

"he wants to come up with savings in the existing budget"

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What do you think this is if not cutting spending. Point is he doesn't want to just cut spending willy nilly, or across the board, he wants to look at everything, see where there may be solutions with doing things more efficiently, etc.

He is approaching this smartly, like a businessman, not a politician.