text: "The Tale of Two Jack Lews: Which Jack Lew will show up as Treasury Secretary? The one who wants to spend or cut?   Jack Lew in March 2000 ""fiscal discipline is essential?Û_reducing the accumulated Federal debt will help us to protect these important programs, improve our ability to respond to future fiscal problems or crises, lower both interest rates and Federal interest costs, and encourage continued strong economic growth.""  Jack Lew in February 2011 ?ÛÏWe must take care to avoid indiscriminate cuts in areas critical to long-term growth like education, innovation and infrastructure ?ÛÓ cuts that would stifle the economy just as it begins to recover. That, in turn, would deprive us of one of the most powerful drivers of deficit reduction, a growing economy.?Û?"