Declared 2012 Republican Presidential Candidate
Former Speaker of the House
Newt Gingrich
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Gingrich Position on the Deficit
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• Gingrich says that the government should look at how the private sector manages its finances and imitate it.
• He supports replacing bureaucratic attitudes with entrepreneurial management.
• He thinks that our government is too big, spends too much and is too intrusive.
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Declared 2012 Republican Presidential Candidate
Career Flight Attendant
Tom Miller
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Miller Position on the Deficit
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• Miller understands that the National debt is a threat to our National security and the status of the U.S. dollar as the world reserve currency.
• He will not authorize an increase to the National debt limit (ceiling).
• He will amoritize the National debt into a 30 year loan and assign the repayment of this obligation as a mandatory fixture of the Federal budget.
• He will order a complete audit of the Federal government.
• He will stop paying off debt with debt (quantitative easing).
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Declared 2012 Republican Presidential Candidate
U.S. Representative from the State of Texas
Ron Paul
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Paul Position on the Deficit
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• Ron Paul believes that our deficit will be our downfall.
• He believes that we must start paying off our debt with drastic reductions in spending.
• He has said that reducing the size of government will help reduce our deficit.
• Paul thinks that borrowing from foreign countries gives them power over us and it should be stopped.
• We would not have to borrow money and run a deficit if we spent within or below our means.
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Declared 2012 Republican Presidential Candidate
Matt Snyder
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Snyder Position on the Deficit
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Snyder understands that “deficit” is a function of economy and budget. Fix the economy and the budget; there is no deficit.
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