Romney Budget Cuts Would Increase Deficit
by Frying Pan Staff on
Chart: Benjamin Landy, Blog of the Century. Excerpt:
“The selection of self-proclaimed budget guru Paul Ryan as Mitt Romney’s running mate was supposed to signal the campaign’s return to ‘serious issues,’ according to Republican strategists. And yet, when given the opportunity to list specific programs he and Ryan would eliminate to reach the $9.6 trillion in non-defense savings they have promised by 2022, Romney wasted no time targeting the lowest-hanging of partisan fruits.”
