Thursday, February 11, 2010

Republicans Claim Obama is Cutting Medicare, Then Propose Even Deeper Cuts

What this chart shows is that over the next decade, President Obama's proposed budget would spend more on Medicare than the budget proposed by GOP Rep. Paul Ryan, the top House Republican on fiscal policy.

As New York Times columnist Paul Krugman says:
You almost have to admire the audacity: Republicans are denouncing Obama for proposing Medicare cuts, while themselves proposing much deeper Medicare cuts. And they’re getting away with it. Link