Americans Won’t Accept Replacing Spending Cuts with Tax Hikes
February 28, 2013
‘Now, you’d think the President would welcome a proposal like ours. Given his complaints, and those of his cabinet secretaries about their hands being tied on cuts, you’d think he’d be banging on our doors demanding flexibility. But now – get this – he’s complaining that having extra authority might mean he’d actually have to choose which programs to preserve and which ones to cut. That he’d have to prioritize spending within the federal government. Well, with all due respect, Mr. President, I think a lot of people who voted for you think it’s your job to make tough decisions – especially tough decisions to implement the plan you yourself proposed and insisted upon.’