Tampa
- RYAN: "And the biggest, coldest power play of all in Obamacare
came at the expense of the elderly. ... So they just took it all away
from Medicare. Seven hundred and sixteen billion dollars, funneled
out of Medicare by President Obama."
THE
FACTS: Ryan's claim ignores the fact that Ryan himself incorporated
the same cuts into budgets he steered through the House in the past
two years as chairman of its Budget Committee, using the money for
deficit reduction. And the cuts do not affect Medicare recipients
directly, but rather reduce payments to hospitals, health insurance
plans and other service providers.
In
addition, Ryan's own plan to remake Medicare would squeeze the
program's spending even more than the changes Obama made, shifting
future retirees into a system in which they would get a fixed payment
to shop for coverage among private insurance plans. Critics charge
that would expose the elderly to more out-of-pocket costs.
RYAN:
"The stimulus was a case of political patronage, corporate
welfare and cronyism at their worst. You, the working men and women
of this country, were cut out of the deal."
THE
FACTS: Ryan himself asked for stimulus funds shortly after Congress
approved the $800 billion plan, known as the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act. Ryan's pleas to federal agencies included letters
to Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis
seeking stimulus grant money for two Wisconsin energy conservation
companies.
One
of them, the nonprofit Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corp., received
$20.3 million from the Energy Department to help homes and businesses
improve energy efficiency, according to federal records. That
company, he said in his letter, would build "sustainable demand
for green jobs." Another eventual recipient, the Energy Center
of Wisconsin, received about $365,000.
RYAN:
Said Obama misled people in Ryan's hometown of Janesville, Wis., by
making them think a General Motors plant there threatened with
closure could be saved. "A lot of guys I went to high school
with worked at that GM plant. Right there at that plant, candidate
Obama said: `I believe that if our government is there to support you
... this plant will be here for another hundred years.' That's what
he said in 2008. Well, as it turned out, that plant didn't last
another year."
THE
FACTS: The plant halted production in December 2008, weeks before
Obama took office and well before he enacted a more robust auto
industry bailout that rescued GM and Chrysler and allowed the
majority of their plants — though not the Janesville facility —
to stay in operation. Ryan himself voted for an auto bailout under
President George W. Bush that was designed to help GM, but he was a
vocal critic of the one pushed through by Obama that has been widely
credited with revitalizing both GM and Chrysler.
RYAN:
Obama "created a bipartisan debt commission. They came back with
an urgent report. He thanked them, sent them on their way and then
did exactly nothing."
THE
FACTS: It's true that Obama hasn't heeded his commission's
recommendations, but Ryan's not the best one to complain. He was a
member of the commission and voted against its final report.
Reprinted from an Associated Press Report
http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/083012-624188-so-called-fact-checks-disguise-media-liberal-agenda.htm?src=IBDDAE
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