{"id":8590,"date":"2012-08-12T10:52:08","date_gmt":"2012-08-12T17:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=8590"},"modified":"2012-08-12T10:52:08","modified_gmt":"2012-08-12T17:52:08","slug":"willard-loves-the-ryan-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/12\/willard-loves-the-ryan-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Willard LOVES the Ryan Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"

Willard has been working overtime to etch his budget\u2019s sketch, trying to make it appear to be what is is not: balanced and benign.  Based on what we know, it will increase the deficit, reduce taxes for the 1% and giant corporations, and increase taxes for the poor and middle classes.  Willard refuses to tell us any details on his budget cuts, but he has endorsed the horrific Ryan Budget so many times, that it is fair to speculate that Willard\u2019s cuts are Ryan\u2019s cuts.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"12RyanBudgetCuts\"…Mitt Romney has been a full-throttle endorser of the Ryan budget on several occasions since its launch. Here are five quotes from Romney himself, endorsing the Ryan plan:<\/font><\/p>\n

1. \u201cVery supportive.\u201d<\/font><\/strong><\/span>\u201cI\u2019m very supportive of the Ryan budget plan. It\u2019s a bold and exciting effort on his part and on the part of the Republicans and it\u2019s very much consistent with what I put out earlier. I think it\u2019s amazing that we have a president who three and a half years in still hasn\u2019t put a proposal out that deals with entitlements. This president\u2019s dealing with entitlement reform \u2014 excuse me \u2014 this budget deals with entitlement reform, tax policy, which as you know is very similar to the one that I put out and efforts to reign in excessive spending. I applaud it. It\u2019s an excellent piece of work and very much needed.<\/a><\/font>\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n

2.\u201dThe right tone.\u201d <\/font><\/strong><\/span>Romney told Talking Points Memo<\/a><\/font>, \u201cHe is setting the right tone for finally getting spending and entitlements under control. \u2026Anyone who has read my book knows that we are on the same page.\u2019\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n

3. \u201cMarvelous.\u201d<\/font><\/strong><\/span> \u201cI think it\u2019d be marvelous if the Senate were to pick up Paul Ryan\u2019s budgetand to adopt it and pass it along to the president,\u201d Romney once professed<\/a><\/font> while in Wisconsin.<\/font><\/p>\n

Obama mocked him for this one:<\/font><\/p>\n