Sunday, May 22, 2011

'Moderate' Jon Huntsman Wants to Kill Medicare (Littlegreenfootballs.com)

Former ambassador to China Jon Huntsman, often touted as the most "moderate"
of the possible Republican presidential candidates, told George Stephanopoulos
this morning that he's fully on board with the GOP's plan to kill Medicare.

> **George Stephanopoulos**: How about Congressman Paul Ryan and (the) budget?
Former Speaker Gingrich had some trouble talking about that this week. If you
were in Congress, would you have voted for it?

>

> **Jon Huntsman**: I would've voted for it.

>

> **George Stephanopoulos**: Including the Medicare provisions?

>

> **Jon Huntsman**: Including the Medicare provisions. Because the only thing
that scares me more than that is the trajectory that our debt is taking. And
the trajectory that our debt is taking now beyond $14 trillion is going to
have an impact on our currency. It goes south, and our currency's going to
have an impact on our standard of living and affect every family in this
country, and?over time, our international competitiveness. So what is really
scary I think to me and I think most Americans is our debt. And we've got to
be bold, and we've got to have, I think, proposals on the table that perhaps
in years past ...
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