Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) blamed President Obama for the contraction in the economy in the final quarter of 2012, saying that his big government policies were at fault during an appearance on Fox News Thursday.
“We’re beginning to see proof in the last three months of last year the American economy shrunk and it shrunk under this president because of his policies,” Rubio said.
Conversely, economists blamed a reduction in government spending as cause for the economic slowdown. The White House on Wednesday blamed House Republicans’ “political brinkmanship” for dragging down the economy.
