David Hobson said "where is the cut? House Democrats have come to the floor, claiming that Republicans are cutting Medicare. But I have to ask my colleagues, where is the cut? If you look at this simple chart, you will see that Republicans are not cutting Medicare at all. In fact, we are increasing Medicare spending per person from $4,700 to $6,300. So, where is the cut? In a liberal Democrat's mind, whenever you slow the growth of spending, whenever you weed out waste and fraud, whenever you give a bureaucrat his walking papers, that is a cut. But to the American taxpayers, these are not cuts. To senior citizens, these are not cuts. To people possessed of common sense, these are not cuts. These are reforms that preserve, protect and improve Medicare far into the next century. Mr. Speaker, I have to ask my colleagues, where is the cut?" @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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where is the cut? House Democrats have come to the floor, claiming that Republicans are cutting Medicare. But I have to ask my colleagues, where is the cut? If you look at this simple chart, you will see that Republicans are not cutting Medicare at all. In fact, we are increasing Medicare spending per person from $4,700 to $6,300. So, where is the cut? In a liberal Democrat's mind, whenever you slow the growth of spending, whenever you weed out waste and fraud, whenever you give a bureaucrat his walking papers, that is a cut. But to the American taxpayers, these are not cuts. To senior citizens, these are not cuts. To people possessed of common sense, these are not cuts. These are reforms that preserve, protect and improve Medicare far into the next century. Mr. Speaker, I have to ask my colleagues, where is the cut?

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David Hobson

Ohio

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Editor's note · Context

Addressing claims by House Democrats regarding Medicare spending cuts.

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