Former Rep. Jim Nussle, the architect of Republican budgets under President George W. Bush, says the GOP should spend political capital and embrace a plan that privatizes Social Security and ends Medicare. In an interview with TPMDC, Nussle said that even though Republican leadership isn’t publicly jumping on board to Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget “roadmap,” it is a fiscally responsible framework that will guide the Republicans into the campaign season.
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