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Paul Ryan Blames Democrats for Debt Woes
cnbc.com | May 15, 2012 | 10:47 PM EDT
Asked what he would be willing to give up to address the U.S. debt crisis, Rep. Paul Ryan stood his ground Tuesday and insisted it was Democrats who needed to cede ground.
?I?m not interested in negotiating with myself on television. It?s futile, in my opinion,? he said on CNBC?s ?The Kudlow Report.?
Ryan laid blame on the Democrats and gave Republicans the credit for their proposals.
?The Senate has chosen not to pass a budget in three years,? he said. ?The president has chosen to disavow the fiscal commission, to not put a budget that attempts to deal with any of these issues. We have passed solutions.?
Ryan, R-Wis., who chairs the House Budget Committee, backed the idea of tax reform that would lower rates and eliminate or reduce deductions to ?broaden the base,? which would lead to increased revenues.
?We think that is a good offer,? he said.
Ryan did not mention the House Armed Service Committee?s proposed defense budget for next year, which adds $57 billion to the Obama administration request, boosting the cost to taxpayers to $642 billion.
Instead, he criticized Democrats.
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