Conservative
Type 40
Perhaps the Democrats need to actually address the current incarnation of Ryan's plan, not the outdated one they don't bother telling anyone is actually, you know, outdated.
Dumb asses.
Fact Check: Obama running against outdated version of Ryan Medicare plan | Fox News
Dumb asses.
Fact Check: Obama running against outdated version of Ryan Medicare plan | Fox News
The president's accusations largely refer to Ryan's 2011 plan, ignoring the fact that the House Budget Committee chairman rolled out a different version in 2012 -- taking into account Democratic critiques. Though the 2012 plan is more moderate, Obama and his surrogates have all but ignored the newer version as they amp up their accusations against the Romney-Ryan ticket.
But...but... them libtards all said Ryan's plan destroys Medicare! How can the plan allow them to stay in Medicare, if it destroys Medicare? Did the libtards... lie????Most glaringly, the campaign has omitted a key point.
While Ryan's 2011 plan proposes to give seniors a government payment to buy private insurance, his 2012 plan offers seniors a choice.
Under the blueprint, seniors could use the payment to buy private insurance or stay in traditional Medicare.
This distinction rarely comes up at Obama campaign events.
Another lie? OMG! The shock, libtards lying!Another distinction the campaign has chosen not to make is over the average cost to seniors. For months, Obama has cited an estimate that the Republican budget plan would cost Medicare seniors $6,400.
The campaign repeated that claim in a new TV ad released Friday called "Fact."
The ad says: "And experts say his voucher plan could raise future retirees' costs more than $6,000. ... Get the facts."
But that estimate is from early 2011, and refers to Ryan's outdated plan from the same year. Sharp-eyed viewers would see in the latest Obama ad the fine print that attributes the estimate to "Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 4/8/11."
...the CBO this year said it "does not have the capability" to estimate the individual impact of the latest Ryan plan, though it cautioned "beneficiaries might face higher costs."
Still, Obama has continued to campaign off the outdated $6,400 figure.