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On the recordAugust 14, 2012
The budget plan that you are now 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
Republican · Wisconsin

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Paul Ryan discusses the Romney campaign's budget plan and its aim to reduce government spending.

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