This was
too much BS for even Factcheck to swallow...
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.
"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.
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