They promised to lower city spending and taxes. A deficit is the difference between government spending and revenues. Fiscal conservatism is the economic philosophy of prudence in government spending and debt. Fewer people were spending money on board games. Free education is education funded through government spending or charitable organizations rather than tuition funding. They believe private spending is more efficient than government spending. Since the 1980s, the UAE has been spending billions of dollars on infrastructure. His budgetary policies centered on taming inflation by reducing deficits and government spending. In order to pay for the extra spending, governments issue debt. Health expenditure represented about 6.1% of total government spending. The Department of Defense accounts for the majority of federal discretionary spending. Educational inequalities continue despite the increased spending. They reject the approach of Keynesian deficit spending. She resigned after a disagreement about government spending. Ford believes in reducing overall government spending.