Proposals made by Vice President Joe Biden during the 1980s about Social Security, the nation’s debt and spending that echo GOP rivals Paul Ryan’s modern-day calls could see some fresh scrutiny tonight as the two men go head-to-head in their only debate.
As a senator who was increasingly concerned about the growing deficit under President Reagan, Biden called for across-the-board spending cuts that would affect Social Security and the military, as well as not raising the nation’s debt ceiling without simultaneously freezing the nation’s spending, according to an ABC News report published Thursday.
