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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRomney, Ryan Slam President Obama For Spending Too Little...really you can't make this shit up!!
When it comes to fiscal issues, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan want voters to know theyre collectively disgusted by what they see as a reckless government spending spree under President Obama the past three years.
But in a twist, theyre also contending that Obamas government hasnt stepped in enough to help Americans. Its the political equivalent of This food is terrible and such small portions!
The most notable example is entitlements, where in a surprise move Romney recently pledged to reverse $716 billion in Medicare savings enacted under the Affordable Care Act, despite his own running mates past endorsement of the cuts. Given that the choice of Ryan was billed by the campaign as a signal that they were serious about cracking down on entitlements, its puzzling that the only changes Romney has decisively committed himself to so far involve upping federal spending even more.
But its not the only case in which the Romney-Ryan ticket has suggested more government is better. In another break with a position once supported by House Republicans, the campaign is demanding that Congress reverse defense cuts that were included in last years debt-ceiling package. Romneys making the case on explicitly Keynesian grounds, warning that by lowering military spending, the federal government wont spend enough money on jobs.
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tanyev
(42,602 posts)Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)So basically their argument now is:
Obama needs to reverse $716 billion in Medicare savings and spend that money!
Obama needs to spend more money on defense!
Why didn't Obama spend more money and prevent more car dealership and auto factory closings?!?!?!?!
What a joke.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)http://www.mittromney.com/issues/spending
Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)maddezmom
(135,060 posts)Curtland1015
(4,404 posts)I know it's still "early", but really... it is TERRIBLE. Their message is all over the place. The right hand has no idea what the left hand is doing. They step on each others messages, they spend most of their time demand apologies... it's a damned shame we aren't leading by +20 points!