Greg Ganske: “Let me give the gentleman another example. The Democratic National Committee ran this ad. Soft money again. "Protect…”

“Let me give the gentleman another example. The Democratic National Committee ran this ad. Soft money again. "Protect families. For millions of working families, President Clinton cut taxes. The Dole-Gingrich budget tried to raise taxes on 8 million. The Dole-Gingrich budget would have slashed Medicare $270 billion and cut college scholarships. The President defended our values, protected Medicare and now a tax cut of $1,500 a year for the first 2 years of college, most community college is free, helps adults go back to school. The President's plan protects our values." Paid for by soft money. Here is one. This is a really interesting ad. This is from 1995-1996, paid for by soft money to Citizen Action from the Teamsters. We can talk about this connection. This is how corrupting the soft money can be, but here is the ad that Citizen Action put out: "They've worked hard all their lives, but Congressman Cremeans voted five times to cut their Medicare, even their nursing home care, to pay for a $16,892 tax break he voted to give the wealthy. Congressman Cremeans, it's not your money to give away. Don't cut Medicare. They earned it." Soft money paid for it.”