Marco Rubio Slams Obama on Budget and Debt

Appearing on the Hugh Hewitt radio show on Tuesday, Florida Republican U.S. Senator Marco Rubio took off the gloves and ripped into President Barack Obama over the federal budget negotiations.

Asked by Hewitt if seniors in Florida would be impacted by not getting Social Security checks, Rubio insisted, if that happened, it would be Obamas fault.

Well, if they dont get their Social Security checks, its because the presidents decided to do that, because we still have revenue coming in, said Rubio. Heres the other thing I would say: If, in fact, the president holds up their checks for Social Security and Medicare, and whatever else he wants to hold up to make his point, isnt he admitting that all these programs are funded by deficit spending? Isnt he admitting that all these programs are dependent upon borrowed money?

Rubio added that Obama could see the problem coming and did nothing to prevent it.

This issue of the debt limit didnt sneak up on us, continued Rubio. This has been around for a while. We knew this was coming. And then the presidents done nothing on it. He gave a State of the Union speech this year, never mentioned any plans about how to address this. He offered a budget before Congress, and the budget was so bad, I mean, it actually increased the debt. His budget was so bad, so unrealistic, that when we put it to a vote here in the Senate, not even a single Democrat voted for it. Thats how bad it was. It didnt get a single vote.