claim: says the simpson-bowles deficit reduction proposal went from president barack obama's desk to "the garbage can."
author: jon huntsman
evidence_1: oct 3, 2012 ... here is a running transcript of president obama and mitt romney's remarks at the first presidential debate in denver on oct. 3, 2012. remarks from the two ... so there's no economist that can say mitt romney's tax plan adds $5 trillion if i say i will not add to the deficit with my tax plan. number two, i will not ...
evidence_2: hard to copy ideas you've trashed. jon huntsman · says the simpson-bowles deficit reduction proposal went from president barack obama's desk to "the garbage can." — politifact national on sunday, january 8th, 2012. half-true. he enacted a flatter tax, but utah wasn't no. 1 in job creation by the standard measurement.
evidence_3: apr 3, 2012 ... full transcript: barack obama speech before newspaper editors ... president obama delivers remarks at associated press luncheon in washington, d.c. .... some of these cuts were about getting rid of waste, others were about programs that we support but just can't afford given our deficits and our debt.
evidence_4: feb 19, 2013 ... but nobody should want these cuts to go through, because the last thing our families can afford right now is pain imposed unnecessarily by partisan recklessness ... and while a plan to reduce our deficit has to be part of our agenda, we also have to remember deficit reduction alone is not an economic plan.
evidence_5: sep 5, 2012 ... the same bill clinton who was known for winging it through speeches as president and as a candidate was at it again wednesday night, departing from the ... i want barack obama to be the next president of the united states and i proudly nominate him as the standard bearer of the democratic party.