Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) questioned President Obama about the budget today at the Republican's Balitmore Conference. The short story is, Ryan asked the President how he justifies building-in an 84% increase to the 2009 budget, and then freezing the 2011 budget, on top of the increase.
Paul Ryan
RYAN: I would simply say that automatic stabilizer spending is mandatory spending. The discretionary spending, the bills that Congresses signs -- that you sign into law, that has increased 84 percent. So . .
OBAMA: We'll have a -- we'll have a longer debate on the budget numbers there, all right?Ryan is smart enough no to hold his breath. Read the entire transcript here.
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