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Campaign's stated position that military spending should go up by $2 trillion. mr. romney has been guaranteeing that he will reserve a specific proportion of gdp to be spent on the military no matter what our defense needs are. that is a promise of a huge, huge increase in military spending. a huge increase that the pentagon says it does not want. it's been called a force-feeding plan for the pentagon. the romney/ryan spending plan here. but last night martha raddatz's questioning and joe biden's badgering got paul ryan to disavow this plan altogether saying he does not want an increase at all...

Before i was a free market economist. we should have a strong defense. the can nadians need to be keptn eye on. but we ought never say we should spend x number of dollars. >> so do you think that mitt romney's prescription to increase defense spending and set it at 4% of gdp is foolish? >> well, it's not what i would organize. i think when we move forward, he needs to be careful to make sure that america's defense needs are adequately and fully funded, but that doesn't mean you waste a dollar. wasting a dollar on defense is not an improvement over wasting a dollar in welfare. the taxpayers, th...

Evidence. you talk to lawyers following this case, they say this can cut two ways. first of all, you have a lot of people in the penn state community who are angry at jerry sandusky for besmerching the good name of the school through this scandal and joe paterno, the legendary coach who died earlier this year. on the other hand, all the defense needs is one juror who associates jerry sandusky with joe paterno, who associates jerry sandusky with the great days of the penn state football program and that may be all they need to prevent a conviction here. so, it's really a crap shoot as to how th...

the watch dog groups citizens against government waste. what are those dirty spots? something about them is endearing but not endearing about lawmakers. we got the numbers for fiscal year 2012 so we brought some of these friends along from the farm. probably better than a lot of things they usually eat. the good news first, pork is down. since the big push to ban ear marks we have seen a big improvement on capitol hill. some good news. earmark spending down 80% from two years ago. that year there were more than 9,000 earmarks which cost $16. billion. the buffet tax would have raised ...

the pig -- i mean, they will eat anything, won't they? they are sort of cute but they're pigs and the watch dog group citizens against government waste, sorry, i mean, what are those little spirit i spots? something is en dearing but it is not about lawmakers. we brought some of these little friends along from the farm. better than a lot of things they usually eat, isn't it? the good news first. pork is down. since the big push by lawmakers to ban earmarks and appropriations bills we have seen an improvement in capitol hill and don't say that often. we want to emphasize good news and...