WILSON ON RYAN PLAN TO END MEDICARE AS WE KNOW IT: "THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I HAVE TO VOTE ON"
Balderas: "That answer is just not good enough"

For Immediate Release: July 8, 2011

In an interview with POLITICO, Heather Wilson today continued to deflect questions about whether she would vote for Rep. Paul Ryan's plan to end Medicare as we know it, telling a reporter,

 

When pressed, Wilson took it one step further, indicating that she didn't need to take a firm stand on the proposal and deflecting blame to Senate Democrats, saying "It's not my job to do Harry Reid's job here."

 

State Auditor and Democratic US Senate Candidate Hector Balderas issued the following statement in response:

 

"With all due respect to Congresswoman Wilson, that answer is just not good enough. She's interviewing with the people of New Mexico for a job in the United States Senate. They deserve to know how she would act in that job.

 

"In the last job she had serving the people of New Mexico, she voted for the policies that turned America's largest surplus into America's largest deficit and that led us to the brink of economic collapse and high unemployment. So it's even more important that people know this time if she would continue to support policies that are damaging to the economy like the Ryan plan to end Medicare as we know it.

 

"The question is not that hard. If you got this job that you're applying for, would you vote yes or no on this plan? I don't believe the answer to deficit reduction or job creation is to pull the safety net out from under New Mexico's seniors, so my answer is no. Congresswoman Wilson, what's yours?"

 

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