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  • Perry: I wouldn't honor "trigger" spending cuts

    11/18/2011 1:07:44 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 24 replies · 2+ views
    CBS News ^ | November 17, 2011 | Rebecca Kaplan, CBS and National Journal
    JACKSON, MISS. - As president, Rick Perry would not uphold spending cuts required if the congressional supercommittee fails to meet next week's deadline for a plan to reduce federal spending by $1.2 trillion, the Republican presidential candidate said Thursday. "Not at all," Perry told reporters here when asked whether he would allow the draconian cuts - including $600 billion from the Pentagon -- to take place if he is in the White House in January, 2013. The Texas governor insists that his plan to lower taxes and reduce regulations will make the cuts unnecessary by stimulating the economy. Perry decried...