Congressman Barletta Falsely Claims Social Security and Medicare Are Primary Drivers of Deficit

[jtown1123]

Run time: 01:42 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axu5zm0GAeE   Posted on YouTube: October 18, 2011 By YouTube Member: 513Politico Views on YouTube: 7   Posted on DU: October 18, 2011 By DU Member: jtown1123 Views on DU: 1053

 
This lie is old and tired.

CBO's figures show that the recession, Bush tax cuts and the wars are the causes of our deficit:http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3036

[Scuba]

1. SS and Medicare have added exactly zero dollars to the national debt....

... if they're so "broke", how come the military isn't "broke"? Are the tax rebates for GE and Exxon "broke"?


Did the interviewer even challenge him?

[jtown1123]

2. Not sure if she did or not n/t

[COLGATE4]

3. This Rethuglican asshole is the former Mayor of Hazleton, PA

where he championed and put into place one of the (if not THE) very first "IMMIGRANTS, GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE" laws. Made it illegal to rent to undocumented people, etc. etc. resulting in a large exodus of this old mining town's foreign population. The sad part is that Hazleton was for years a haven for immigrants from Eastern Europe, where they found they could live next to and prosper with the native-born Americans. But, thanks to Barletta, all that's in the past now. (BTW, Hazleton's vicious anti-immigrant laws were struck down after this asshole wasted beaucoup dollars in the whole exercise).

[jtown1123]

4. Wow. Doesn't he realize his ancestors were immigrants? What an ass n/t