In today’s interview with CBS News’ Scott Pelley, Romney was asked about his plan to reduce the federal deficit. Romney listed growing the economy as one way to approach the problem, and then mentioned “Obamacare” as a program he would cut. Next to do on his list? Take out “the subsidy for PBS, the subsidy for Amtrak, the subsidy for the National Endowment for the Arts, the subsidy for the National Endowment for the Humanities.”
To keep things in perspective, here are the numbers Romney’s talking about:
U.S. National Debt, according to the RNC Debt Clock:* $15,986,159,598,438.14, and countingThe National Endowment for the Arts Budget:$154,690,000.00* a recent value of the clock running at the Convention
