Sister Simone Campbell, one of the “Nuns on a bus,” said GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan’s budget failed “a basic moral test.”
“In June, I joined other Catholic sisters on a 2,700-mile bus journey through nine states to tell Americans about the budget Congressman Paul Ryan wrote and Gov. Romney endorsed,” Campbell said. “Paul Ryan claims his budget reflects the principles of our shared Catholic faith. But the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops stated that the Ryan budget failed a basic moral test, because it would harm families living in poverty.
"We agree with our bishops, and that's why we went on the road: to stand with struggling families and to lift up our Catholic sisters who serve them."
Campbell said the Ryan budget would harm the work of the nuns of America “and that’s wrong.”
“We all share responsibility for creating an economy where parents with jobs earn enough to take care of their families,” Campbell said. “In order to cut taxes for the very wealthy, the Romney-Ryan budget would make it even tougher for hard-working Americans ... to feed their families. Paul Ryan says this budget is in keeping with the values of our shared faith. I simply disagree.”
Campbell never endorsed President Obama, but did promote his Affordable Care Act.
