The Des Moines Register reports:
Michele Bachmann, in one of her last campaign stops before the Christmas break, blasted the extension of the payroll tax cut.
“This is a reason why I’m running for president, because D.C. is obviously broken. They’re not listening to the people here in Iowa. People in Iowa have said to me, ‘Why in the world would the politicians take money out of the Social Security trust fund, just when it needs it more than ever?’”
Asked if her House Republican colleagues “caved” by agreeing to a payroll tax extension, Bachmann said she’s been warning them for a year not to go down this road. She said taking $111 billion out of the Social Security trust will only add to the national debt. “It was a mistake a year ago, and it’s a mistake today,” she said.
