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Mitt Romney: “Two thirds of our money is in entitlements.”

Featuring: Mitt Romney, Republican | Former Governor of Massachusetts

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MITT ROMNEY vs MIKE KENNEDY In Utah U.S. Senate Primary Debate

Published | Video Starts at 42:42

And in terms of how do you, how do you get the money out? Yeah, you're absolutely right, professor, which is you have to go where the big money is. Two thirds of our money is in entitlements. And you may recall, as I ran for president, I put out a plan to balance our entitlement spending. Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security. (42:42–42:45)

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Asserts that two-thirds of government spending is on entitlement programs.

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