Unusual for 'factcheck'

NOVA

U. S. NAVY Veteran
to call out a Democrat....

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.

Read more: http://www.upi.com/blog/2013/02/06/...-interview-VIDEO/5911360174331/#ixzz2KAXiwG69
 
so the $2.6 trillion includes $.8 trillion in tax increases, and $1 trillion in cuts that haven't happened yet because sequestration hasn't kicked in, together with the remaining $800billion he wanted to increase spending by but didn't get around to yet?........
 
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