GOP U.S. Senate candidate Ron Johnson says this election isn’t about details. Incumbent Russ Feingold begs to differ.
"I will be very specific about where I want to cut spending and how I will create jobs," Feingold (D-Middleton), said at a forum Wednesday at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
The candidates had consecutive hour-long slots at the forum, co-sponsored by UWM, Milwaukee Public Radio station WUWM and WisPolitics.com.
Feingold held up a copy of the Control Spending Now Act, a bill he introduced one year ago. According to Feingold, the bill’s more than 40 provisions would institute reforms to the earmarking process, agricultural subsidies and “corporate welfare.”
Feingold said, “This is what I’m good at doing. I did this in the ’90s, and we had no deficit by the time Clinton left office.”
Johnson, owner of Oshkosh plastics company Pacur, indicated that his two top priorities, if elected, would have such far-reaching effects that details would fall in place. He vowed to repeal the national health care bill and to place caps on government spending, actions, he said, that would create a more attractive business environment that would help the economy recover.
“I don’t believe this election is about details. I really don’t,” Johnson said. “I’ve met with people in 60 counties and done 500 personal events, and my approach is to convey to people who I am, explain my manufacturing background, and then as honestly as I can, let people know what my philosophy is.”
See more from the forum: http://www.wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=215363.
– WisPolitics.com
