Who Saw This Coming? Steelman Won’t Take Firm Position On Paul Ryan’s Unpopular Budget Plan
In a rambling and awkward interview, this time with Greg Knapp from KCMO 710, Sarah Steelman took another courageous non-position when asked if she would support Paul Ryan’s budget plan.
The plan has taken a beating over the last few weeks in New York’s 26th district, as part of public polling and in Newt Gingrich’s head.
During the interview with 710, Steelman only really shows support for more tax cuts and worries about the spending cuts -- real fiscal hawk stuff.
It is interesting to see that she has basically conceded the right flank on this issue to her primary opponent Congressman Todd Akin, who is an ardent support of Paul Ryan’s budget.
Listen to the whole gem of an interview online or read a transcript of excerpts about the Ryan plan below the jump:
Knapp: Are you a supporter of what Paul Ryan has put forward? What do you think we need to do to go after Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security to make sure it doesn’t destroy us?
Steelman responds 7:39: “ I think there are some good things in the Ryan plan, and I really commend him for coming forward and putting a proposal out that people can discuss. Because it took courage to do that, and you do not see the democrats doing that. You don’t see anybody in the senate coming forward with any kind of plan. This is supposed to be the most deliberative body in the world, and they have not put anything out.”
8:05 Steelman states: “There are things in this plan that I like. I definitely like the tax reform approach of flattening the tax, and getting rid of a lot of the unnecessary paperwork, and you know looking at deductions and subsidies…If we don’t do something like that to get our economy going again, we are going to continue to have these high rates of unemployment and businesses are not going to be creating jobs because of all of the uncertainty in the tax code.”
08:45 Steelman states: “Back to Ryan's plan… I think there are other areas that I am still looking at in his plan…the Medicare. I don’t like the fact that he actually included the $500 billion tax…uh or, excuse me, cut from Medicare that was in Obamacare in the plan because again that encroaches upon commitments that we have today. I think it’s important for people to understand that we need to protect what our commitments are today and honor those and look at look at how we can reform these programs in the future. Because these people did pay into Medicare.”
