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Rick Santorum: America Needs Leaders, Not Showmen

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    Former Pennsylvania senator on political compromise

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There you are the deficit cutting super committee is now getting to work.

Democrats -- -- man that savings come from a combination of spending cuts and tax increases maybe three dollars -- cuts for every one dollar and higher taxes.

Is there any ratio of cuts to taxes that you would accept 3214.

To one or even tend to want.

Not the answer is no because that's not the problem the problem is that we have spending that has exploded.

Government has averaged 18% of GDP is as -- percentage of the overall economy the government heats up and we're -- almost 25%.

Revenues are down about two or 3% so if you look at where the problem is the problem is in -- We're spending not taxes and we'll get those taxes up if we grow the economy.

I put forth a plan to grow the economy and I provided leadership in the past to get bipartisan things done.

You know I I I sympathize with -- Michelle -- who stands up and says I'm gonna stand firm on these things.

You need to stand firm on these things but you can't stand this that you give me everything are one -- although -- Yet to find the principles like I did on welfare reform I said three things to cut its federal entitlement to end it.

The three things you wanna -- accomplish and the federal entitlement which we did we wanted to require work which we did.

And we wanted to put a time limit on welfare we did those three things we compromised and everything -- I didn't get everything I want.

But I got the core of what I wanted and we transform welfare you need leaders He people who are good your -- not showmanship but just confirming senator you wouldn't.

Negotiate on raising taxes absolutely not because not the problem and the Democrats know it's not -- problem.

This is where leadership -- -- you -- -- to the American public can you lay out the facts.

The travel around Iowa and I lay out the facts to people in the nod their heads -- -- yet.

This makes sense we need to get the economy growing that doesn't mean taking more money out of -- that means -- that -- make means creating.

Energy jobs creating manufacturing jobs and my plan won't do that well I'm gonna ask question to everyone here.

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