On Wednesday the libertarian Cato Institute hosted former Minnesota governor and presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty to talk about his approach to government spending — or, more accurately, his promise to cut government spending as much as he can. Pawlenty offered up most of what Cato folks wanted to hear: everything’s on the table when it comes to balancing the federal budget, he said, except raising taxes and cutting the defense budget.
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