"You have to have large cuts in the rest of the non-defense budget, very large cuts," said Paul Van De Water, an analyst at the budget think tank. "Whether it's politically and practically achievable is subject to question."
Romney also is light on details on his tax cut proposal.
He says he wants to cut rates by 20 percent, but won't specify how he'll find the $5 trillion required to pay for it. For all the rhetoric of tax loopholes and cleaning up the tax code, finding that kind of money would require looking at popular deductions and tax breaks for the middle class.
Those include deductions for mortgage interest, charitable contributions and state and local taxes, and breaks for college savings, employer-paid health insurance and families with children.
Tax experts say he could very well come up short.
You have to have the will to actually cut something. Anything. To say "NO!" To tell many special interest groups that their long standing and "essential" programs will no longer be funded at all. Obama won't, Romney probably More..
For the delusional naive 20 somethings, if you think that Barack Obama has your back covered, good luck moving back in with mom and dad. Politicians with power do what most have always done, promised everything, delivered on nothing, but took care More..
Nice list DN, but mostly fun sized candy for the base. Not really any substance. And that is the problem.
Our financial problems all rest on the backs of SS, Medicare/Medicaid, Defense and Taxes.
Reform SS -
cut M/M with More..