Barack Obama and Mitt Romney butted heads over their plans to tackle the deficit, talking taxes, small business and government subsidies in Wednesday night’s debate. Romney had a quote-worthy moment when discussing cutting subsidies to government programs: “I’m going to stop the subsidy to PBS,” he said. “And I like PBS. I love Big Bird!” (Big Bird later responded on Twitter “WTF Romney?”) Obama chided Romney’s definition of a small business, saying under it someone like Donald Trump would qualify “and I know Donald trump doesn’t like to think of himself as small anything.” Romney, typically unemotional, got heated at one point, telling Obama that his promises weren’t good enough: “You’ve been president for four years,” while Obama said Romney’s “big, bold idea is ‘nevermind.’
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