You cannot as a presidential candidate -- let me just, if I may, let me just finish this thought. You can't as a candidate preach big, big tax cuts, mostly to the very wealthy, at the same time you are adopting presumably a Ryan budget plan that lops off huge programs that a lot of the middle class and the poor depend on, and say, I don't know how I'm going to pay for it, those huge tax cuts.
Reich criticizes Romney's approach to tax cuts and budget planning during his campaign.
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