He did not vote for it. He was the WHIP for it.
and yes even in the debates he says a balanced budget is unrealistic. Which basically means he supports all of Obama’s spending and that we can’t go back to 2004 levels.
2004 spending levels would turn this country around in one quarter.
And Gingrich was the prime mover behind it.
and yes even in the debates he says a balanced budget is unrealistic.
That shows he's realistic. Which candidate has a plan to balance the budget immediately? Paul, maybe?
Santorum has the strongest platform for entitlement reform -- of course entitlement spending is what is causing the budget to explode -- ergo, he has the best platform for spending.
He also is proposing the biggest tax cuts, which at least in the short term do not help balance the budget.
Personally I think that the budget should be balanced, so that if spending goes up we feel the pain of tax increases, and if spending goes down we feel the benefit of tax cuts. Cutting spending and regulations is critically needed right now, and tax cuts are a luxury, imo.