Sunday, July 1, 2012

Rep. Ryan Repeats Zombie Lie that ACA Cut Medicare Spending, And George Stephanopoulos Lets Him Get Away With It #p2 #tcot

Stephanopoulous Avoids Calling Ryan a Hypocrite Over Medicare Claims

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On This Week, George Stephanopoulos almost (not quite, but a lot closer to it than he usually does) holds Rep. Paul "I Play A Catholic When It's Politically Convenient" Ryan's feet to the fire over his evasions and lies. And how can you tell Paul Ryan is lying? His lips are moving:

ROMNEY: Obamacare raises taxes on the American people by approximately $500 billion. Obamacare cuts Medicare -- cuts Medicare by approximately $500 billion.

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STEPHANOPOULOS: You know, several independent fact-checkers have taken a look at that claim, the $500 billion in Medicare cuts, and said that it's misleading. And in fact, by that accounting, your budget, your own budget, which Governor Romney has endorsed, would also have $500 billion in Medicare cuts.

RYAN: Well, our budget keeps that money for Medicare to extend its solvency. What Obamacare does is it takes that money from Medicare to spend on Obamacare.

I mean, I've heard for years how much people don't like the idea that we're raiding Social Security to pay for other government programs. What Obamacare does for the first time in history is it raids Medicare to pay for Obamacare. In addition, it puts this new board of 15 people in charge of putting price controls on Medicare, which we think will end up rationing Medicare in ways that will deny care to seniors. So not only do we think this law is bad for Medicare, it's bad for health care, it's terrible for the economy, and it will move us closer toward a debt crisis.

STEPHANOPOULOS: Congressman, correct me if I'm wrong...


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