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Paul Ryan: Well, they're a different -- the budget plan that Mitt Romney is supporting gets us down to 20 percent of GDP government…

On the recordAugust 14, 2012
Well, they're a different -- the budget plan that Mitt Romney is supporting gets us down to 20 percent of GDP government spending by 2016. That means get the size of government back to where it historically has been. What President Obama has done is he has brought the size of government to as high as it hasn't been since World War II. We want to reduce the size of government so we can have more economic freedom.
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Paul Ryan
Wisconsin

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Paul Ryan discusses the Romney budget plan and contrasts it with President Obama's approach to government spending.

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