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Paul Ryan: The budget plan that Mitt Romney's supporting gets us down to 20 percent of GDP government spending by 2016. That means…

On the recordAugust 13, 2012
The budget plan that Mitt Romney's 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.
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Paul Ryan
Wisconsin

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

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