Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky says he couldn’t get behind fellow Republican Congressman Paul Ryan’s budget despite its call for reduced government spending.
“The Democrats want to grow our government spending by 5.2 percent each year, and the Paul Ryan budget would grow it up to 3.5 percent each year,” Massie, one of 12 Republicans to veto the budget, told “The Steve Malzberg Show” on Newsmax TV.
“Most of my constituents are not satisfied that limiting the growth of government to 3.5 percent each year is fiscally responsible enough.
“So we need something where we throw out baseline budgeting, and we start with a zero baseline budget each year.”
The final budget proposal of Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican whose term as chairman of the House Budget Committee is expiring, was approved by the House on [April 10] by a vote of 219-205.
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