Rick Santorum On GOP Budget: Accelerate Spending Cuts

GETTYSBURG, PA - MARCH 20: Republican presidential candidate, and former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum speaks to supporters, after losing the Illinois primary to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, on March 20, 2012 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

HARVEY, La. -- Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum says he supports a House Republican budget proposal, but adds that the spending cuts included in it should be accelerated.

Santorum says he would be more aggressive in achieving budget savings, including by doing away with cost-of-living increases in federal grants to states for Medicaid and food stamps.

He also said that while some of the deficit cutting measures proposed by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin would be phased in, he believes they should be imposed more quickly.

The former Pennsylvania senator said he agreed with Ryan's proposal to provide a federal contribution to help older people buy their own health insurance, rather than obtaining it exclusively through Medicare.

Santorum commented in Louisiana, where he was campaigning for Saturday's GOP primary.

Comments

[handsomeinnc]

09:04 AM on 03/22/2012

Hey ... who doesn't like to cut other people's money? Rick can't wait to cut poor people's money ... to make rich people even wealthier. How smart ... lol
Obama 2012...

[Tom Sito]

04:10 AM on 03/22/2012

Oh MY GOODNESS! You mean Santorum actually stopped talking about God for a minute??!

[tacevad]

08:40 AM on 03/22/2012

he's talking about money, the ultimate republican God

[AFRescue143]

08:37 PM on 03/21/2012

And this man TRIES to say he is a Christian....yeah right. The Ryan plan will do a great deal of damage to the lives of Seniors, the Disabled and the Working Poor all to give more Tax Cuts to the Wealthy and Corporations. But the fact is this will have a dramatic negative effect on our Economy.

The Wealthy and Corporations do not spend their money locally the way that those being effected do. That creates sales and profits locally and stimulates the Economy.

[Tom Sito]

04:12 AM on 03/22/2012

Republican Millionaires who talk fiscal cuts without bringing themselves to even mouth the words " raise the taxes on the rich back to they were in 2000", can't be taken seriously.

[kathy smelser]

11:37 AM on 03/22/2012

he is the perfect example of Christian in Name Only

[susanbsbi]

06:32 PM on 03/21/2012

Seniors won't be able to get insurance under $1200 per month mim. due to preexisting conditions.

[DONCAL]

05:14 PM on 03/21/2012

It's over Rick. I can hear the fat lady singing.

[AFRescue143]

08:37 PM on 03/21/2012

The Rotund Female is vocalizing as we speak.

[barnybilt]

05:10 PM on 03/21/2012

These people voting for Santorum. are saying please let Me get cancer.

[barnybilt]

05:08 PM on 03/21/2012

Santorum Secret Sevice name is Peteus. You know what the grow in petri dishes. Germs

[barnybilt]

05:05 PM on 03/21/2012

They say Santorum is a Lawyer. Guess what most people think of Lawyers.

A degree in Bible Law from a Bible College is like speritual Degree.

[barnybilt]

05:02 PM on 03/21/2012

Santorum wants to be President so You will have to pay for Him the rest of His life.

[barnybilt]

05:01 PM on 03/21/2012

Santorum pays for His insurance with Yours and other peoples money.

[barnybilt]

05:00 PM on 03/21/2012

Santorum would have to cheat to run a lemon aid stand. So lets let Him run the Country Hey.

[barnybilt]

04:58 PM on 03/21/2012

You take food from a person and they will starve. Republicans will starve the Country to save it by cutting spending and taxes which are the Countries food source.

[barnybilt]

04:55 PM on 03/21/2012

Ask all the illegals how great Republican jobs are. Republicans Hire most of them so they should know.

[barnybilt]

04:53 PM on 03/21/2012

They have a jobs plan Thousands of sex police

[gibraltar]

04:52 PM on 03/21/2012

Would you leave your child alone with this man?