MTP: David Gregory Advances Right-Wing Social Security Nonsense
David Gregory once again bows to his corporate masters and right-wing political bent when he asks candidates Mark Kirk and Alexi Giannoulias whether they would reduce the deficit by cutting "runaway programs" like Medicare and Social Security. Over and over again we hear this lie about how Social Security and Medicare are bankrupting the country, despite the fact -- FACT -- that Social Security is fully funded through 2037 and Medicare spending will begin to drop as the waste is squeezed out of it via the Affordable Care Act.
Republicans' goals were always to bankrupt Social Security, so they borrowed from the trust fund and now they don't want to pay it back. Notice how the defense budget is never mentioned, because that spending is sacrosanct for them. Keeping people from being destitute and hungry? Not so much.
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