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Harry Reid twice wrong on '$2.6 trillion' cuts in 'This Week' interview [VIDEO]
FactCheck.org calls out Harry Reid for being doubly wrong.
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Updated Feb. 6, 2013 at 4:42 PM
Published: Feb. 6, 2013 at 1:12 PM
FactCheck.org
called out Senator Harry Reid for being doubly wrong in his claim that
Congress has already cut $2.6 trillion from projected future deficits by
reducing non-defense programs alone.
The site explained that not only did the legislation he referred to applied to both security and non-security spending, but that a considerable part of the deficit reduction came from tax increases and not spending cuts.
The worst part? The senator made the same erroneous statement twice. Reid made the affirmations on ABC's "This Week" on Feb. 3rd, were he also added that further deficit reduction should include more tax increases and cuts in military spending.
“We have already made nearly $2.5 trillion in historic, bipartisan deficit reduction,” he said on the floor Jan. 31.
The site explained that not only did the legislation he referred to applied to both security and non-security spending, but that a considerable part of the deficit reduction came from tax increases and not spending cuts.
The worst part? The senator made the same erroneous statement twice. Reid made the affirmations on ABC's "This Week" on Feb. 3rd, were he also added that further deficit reduction should include more tax increases and cuts in military spending.
"The
American people need to understand that it's not as if we've done
nothing for the debt. $2.6 trillion, $2.6 trillion already we've made in
cuts. And all those cuts have come from non-defense programs. We need
to keep our eye on the prize and continue doing something about
spending, but I think that what we need to do is do some of the things
that Mitt Romney talked about. He said there's some low-hanging fruit;
there are a lot of tax loopholes that should be closed. I agree with
him. We haven't done that.," he said.
Later on, after host George Stephanopoulos probed the Senator on the issue, he repeated his claim saying,
"I
repeat: $2.6 trillion already, all coming from non-defense. If we're
going to have a sequester, defense is going to have to do their share"
According to FactCheck.org Reid inflated the $2.6 trillion figure for
the show. The senator referred to the same figure as being $100 billion
less, three days before on the Senate Floor.“We have already made nearly $2.5 trillion in historic, bipartisan deficit reduction,” he said on the floor Jan. 31.
Read more: http://www.upi.com/blog/2013/02/06/Harry-Reid-twice-wrong-on-26-trillion-cuts-in-This-Week-interview-VIDEO/5911360174331/#ixzz2KAgoxIbx
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