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(CBS News) Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan placed plenty of blame on President Obama for half a trillion dollars worth of defense cuts set to go into effect in 2013, even thought the Wisconsin congressman supported them.Ryan said he voted for the defense cuts "because I was working to find common ground with Democrats to get a down payment on deficit reduction," Ryan told host Norah O'Donnell Sunday on "Face the Nation." "I worked with President Obama to find common ground to get a down payment on deficit reduction. It wasn't a big down payment, but it was a step in the right direction."The defense cuts are half part of more than $1 trillion dollars of automatic across-the-board spending cuts, known as the sequester, which are a result of an agreement between Republicans in Congress and President Obama to lift the debt ceiling.The defense cuts were an incentive for Congress to come up with alternative ways to cut more than $1 trillion from the deficit, but since Congress failed to pass a plan, the budget cuts are expected to go into effect next fiscal year.Ryan, however, blamed the president for the defense cuts. "That's putting politics ahead of national security," he said."[I]f he's not going to help us with a plan to prevent those defense cuts by substituting them with cuts from elsewhere, what's his plan for the sequester? He's ignoring the law. He was supposed to give these to us just yesterday. So the problem, Norah, is, we've led," Ryan added.
the liar leaves out the express point was for,
"The defense cuts were an incentive for Congress to come up with alternative ways to cut more than $1 trillion from the deficit, but since Congress failed to pass a plan, the budget cuts are expected to go into effect next fiscal year."
so given that why is he not saying anything about his do nothing congress not trying to do "THEIR JOB".
the misleading of "we the people" has gotten old and stale and they still want us to take a bite, not really looking out for "we the people" huh?
"[I]f he's not going to help us with a plan to prevent those defense cuts by substituting them with cuts from elsewhere, what's his plan for the sequester? He's ignoring the law. He was supposed to give these to us just yesterday. So the problem, Norah, is, we've led," Ryan added.
Once an agreement was reached, however, Ryan praised the agreement in August 2011. "The Budget Control Act represents a victory for those committed to controlling government spending and growing our economy. I applaud Speaker Boehner's leadership in stopping tax increases on job creators, rejecting President Obama's demands for a blank check to keep borrowing, and advancing real spending cuts and controls."
notice how he only references the defense spending being cut, not a word about those programs that aid "we the people", kinda shows you what's important to him. and he still tries to blame the Pres.
