Santorum’s plan for first 100 days in office: cuts in taxes, regulations, spending and welfare

[Little Tich]

Source: The Washington Post / AP

LINCOLN PARK, Mich. — Republican Rick Santorum vowed Friday to cut government spending, regulations and entitlement programs during his first 100 days in office if elected president.

Santorum told Michigan voters that social welfare programs have made millions of Americans dependent on government for the kind of help that churches and civic groups used to provide.

When that happens, “we become detached from our neighbors,” he said. The government should remain “the ultimate safety net,” he said, providing only “a hand up, not a handout.”

“Poverty is not a disability,” Santorum told about 200 people in the Detroit suburb of Lincoln Park. People must realize they “can rise through a struggle,” he said.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/santorums-plan-for-first-100-days-in-office-cuts-in-taxes-regulations-spending-and-welfare/2012/02/24/gIQAoofoYR_story.html

[teddy51]

1. You forgot, war with China and Iran! n/t

[Beartracks]

8. Oh, he didn't mean THAT spending! n/t

[Historic NY]

2. Jobs, jobs......where are the jobs.

[alp227]

6. Won't cutting regulations and entitlements and taxes bring back jobs?

(An EXTREME minority of companies blamed regulations for layoffs, actually.)

[Rosa Luxemburg]

3. Santorum = enemy of the people

[shraby]

4. How did Santorum get the money to go to college?

[PSPS]

5. There are a few problems with this "plan."

First of all, the president has no control over spending. That's entirely up to The House.

Second, a president can't simply decree something. We're not a monarchy or dictatorship yet.

Third, it really doesn't matter what Sanitorium says. He's never going to be president.

[Fearless]

7. Reinstating DADT as well.

[jmowreader]

11. I don't think he'll reinstate DADT

I think he'll reinstate the Reagan-era anti-gay witch hunts in the military.

[Fearless]

12. That may be...

Although he has stated that he would reinstate DADT... who knows after that.

[Beartracks]

9. Wait, is this all BEFORE he vaginally probes the wimmin?? n/t

[nobodyspecial]

10. So where are millions of jobs supposed to come from?

And how will all of the children women are forced to have be taken care of?

Welfare programs were created because churches and other groups were not able to take care of everyone's needs. When did the war on poverty turn into a war on the poor?

[Monk06]

13. And remove all the condom machines from the White House. N/T

[stockholmer]

14. truly an intact turd in the punchbowl of frothiness

[sarcasmo]

15. War OK, helping your fellow human, bad. The Republican mind is messed up.

[Gringostan]

16. He forgot to mention witch burnings

He forgot to mention witch burnings on Friday nights; the iron maiden in the basement and stockades on the white house lawn - the mans a riot!

[LeftishBrit]

17. Monster of pure evil.

[Jon Ace]

18. Obviously a country needs only guns, glory, and God to run.

Pfft! Who needs tax revenue? Why tax when we can borrow from the Chinese and others! They'll NEVER call on the debt.

/sarcasm

[The Wizard]

19. The only things he should be concerned with

cutting are the straps on his straightjacket. Rick Santorum is a nut.

[HopeHoops]

20. Don't forget the 14th St. hookers! Those are WAY up there on the agenda.