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DAVENPORT, Iowa -- Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich on Monday called rival Ron Paul's plan to cut $1 trillion from the federal budget in one year impractical, likening it to amputating a limb.
He also said two other GOP hopefuls behaved like kids on a playground during a recent debate.
Gingrich, who was in Davenport as part of a swing through eastern Iowa, touted his plan to create jobs by cutting regulations and reshaping the federal tax code. But he also dismissed Paul's plan to slice off nearly a quarter of the federal budget in a single year.
"I doubt very much you could cut a trillion dollars in one year," Gingrich told a questioner, recalling a conversation he had with former Budget Director David Stockman about the pace of budget cuts.
"I said to him, ‘If you come to me and tell me I need to lose 30 pounds and you have a diet, I'll certainly consider it. If you come to me and tell me I need to lose 30 pounds and you're going to amputate my right leg, I think it's a non-starter,'" he said.
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