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09-09-2012, 01:00 AM
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Mitt Romney Criticizes Defense Cuts That Paul Ryan Voted For
Mitt Romney criticized defense spending cuts that were part of last year's debt ceiling deal in an interview that will air Sunday on NBC's 'Meet The Press'.
"I thought it was a mistake on the part of the White House to propose [the defense cuts]. I think it was a mistake for Republicans to go along with it," Romney said.
Among the Republicans who supported the deal was Paul Ryan, the chair of the House budget committee and Romney's running mate. Paul not only voted for the cuts, he bragged about them afterwards.
<span style='font-size: 14pt'>"What conservatives like me have been fighting for, for years, are statutory caps on spending, legal caps in law that says government agencies cannot spend over a set amount of money," Ryan told Fox News last year, according to TPM. “And if they breach that amount across the board, sequester comes in to cut that spending, and you can’t turn that off without a super-majority vote. We got that in law.”
He also called the cuts "an important step in the right direction."</span>
Ryan has since walked back his support of the sequester. Last month, <u>he even criticized Obama over the cuts.</u>
"When those budget negotiations were going on, it was the president and his party leaders who insisted on this makeup," he said. "Defense spending is not half of all federal spending, but it's half of the cuts, approximately, in the sequester. We disagreed with that then and we disagree with it now. </div></div>
Now we know why Ryan got the VP ticket. He is even more of a liar and a flip-flopper than Romney!!!!!...if that's possible!
link (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/08/mitt-romney-paul-ryan-defense-cuts-sequester_n_1867531.html)
The Republicans were offered a choice, defence cuts or tax increases on the rich, they chose defence cuts. Now they are going back on the deal.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Left unsaid was that many of those cuts were approved by Republicans in Congress — including Ryan — in a deal that would go into effect in January if Congress fails to reach a budget deal.
The Obama campaign countered that <span style='font-size: 14pt'>the cuts could be avoided if Romney were willing to increase taxes on the wealthy.</span>
“If Mitt Romney were truly serious about helping veterans, he’d tell Congressman Ryan and his Republican allies in Congress to work with the president to achieve a balanced deficit reduction plan<span style='font-size: 17pt'> that includes asking millionaires and billionaires to pay their fair share while investing in veterans and the middle class, as the president’s plan does,” said spokeswoman Lis Smith. “The American people deserve more than empty rhetoric in a commander-in-chief.”</span> </div></div>
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Mitt Romney criticized defense spending cuts that were part of last year's debt ceiling deal in an interview that will air Sunday on NBC's 'Meet The Press'.
"I thought it was a mistake on the part of the White House to propose [the defense cuts]. I think it was a mistake for Republicans to go along with it," Romney said.
Among the Republicans who supported the deal was Paul Ryan, the chair of the House budget committee and Romney's running mate. Paul not only voted for the cuts, he bragged about them afterwards.
<span style='font-size: 14pt'>"What conservatives like me have been fighting for, for years, are statutory caps on spending, legal caps in law that says government agencies cannot spend over a set amount of money," Ryan told Fox News last year, according to TPM. “And if they breach that amount across the board, sequester comes in to cut that spending, and you can’t turn that off without a super-majority vote. We got that in law.”
He also called the cuts "an important step in the right direction."</span>
Ryan has since walked back his support of the sequester. Last month, <u>he even criticized Obama over the cuts.</u>
"When those budget negotiations were going on, it was the president and his party leaders who insisted on this makeup," he said. "Defense spending is not half of all federal spending, but it's half of the cuts, approximately, in the sequester. We disagreed with that then and we disagree with it now. </div></div>
Now we know why Ryan got the VP ticket. He is even more of a liar and a flip-flopper than Romney!!!!!...if that's possible!
link (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/08/mitt-romney-paul-ryan-defense-cuts-sequester_n_1867531.html)
The Republicans were offered a choice, defence cuts or tax increases on the rich, they chose defence cuts. Now they are going back on the deal.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Left unsaid was that many of those cuts were approved by Republicans in Congress — including Ryan — in a deal that would go into effect in January if Congress fails to reach a budget deal.
The Obama campaign countered that <span style='font-size: 14pt'>the cuts could be avoided if Romney were willing to increase taxes on the wealthy.</span>
“If Mitt Romney were truly serious about helping veterans, he’d tell Congressman Ryan and his Republican allies in Congress to work with the president to achieve a balanced deficit reduction plan<span style='font-size: 17pt'> that includes asking millionaires and billionaires to pay their fair share while investing in veterans and the middle class, as the president’s plan does,” said spokeswoman Lis Smith. “The American people deserve more than empty rhetoric in a commander-in-chief.”</span> </div></div>
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