Tell the Post: Representative Cantor Cannot Acknowledge Something That is Not True

[JohnWxy]

http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/representative-cantor-cannot-acknowledge-something-that-is-not-true

Saturday, 06 November 2010 07:53
In pushing its editorial line that Social Security and Medicare must be cut the Post told readers in a news story that:

"Cantor acknowledged that any effort to solve the nation's budget problems 'is going to have to deal with entitlements' - big, popular programs such as Social Security and Medicare (emphasis added)."

A real newspaper would have used a term like "asserted" or "claimed." Of course it is not necessary to deal with programs like Medicare and Social Security to fix the country's projected long-term budget problems http://www.cepr.net/calculators/hc/hc-calculator.html">as can be easily shown. It is necessary to fix the country's health care system. If per person health care costs in the United States were comparable to costs in other wealthy countries then our budget problems would be easily manageable.
(NOTE: U.S. spends twice as much per person on health care as the average of the rest of the countries categorized as the developed nations.... (download Data file).__JW )

http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/representative-cantor-cannot-acknowledge-something-that-is-not-true
">Center for Economic Policy and Research

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http://www.cepr.net/calculators/hc/hc-calculator.html">The U.S. health care system is possibly the most inefficient in the world: We spend twice as much per person on health care as other advanced countries, but we have worse health outcomes, including a lower life expectancy. The government, through programs like Medicare and Medicaid, pays for approximately half of the country's health care, almost all of which is actually provided by the private sector. Thus, the bulk of our projected rising budget deficits are due to skyrocketing health care costs.

[elleng]

1. Correct. Write them about their 'sloppy' or slanted use of language.

[BlueCaliDem]

2. They damn well knew what they were writing/printing. This is exactly

how they want the masses to absorb it: in order to deal with the nation's problems {while completely forgetting Cantor wants to add $700 billion to the deficit over 10 years) cutting entitlements is inevitable.

[Bitwit1234]

3. Hey how about tax cuts for the rich...they should expire

social security has been paid for by people for years and years. Just think a 55 year old person has worked since they were 18 - so all the money they paid it is supposed to be cut. It think Cantor is a POS. He is running around making all kinds of statements to get himself in the news he is getting a big damn head.