Tim Ryan: “We just had an hour where we discussed Social Security and the private accounts, not to get back into it, but this many…”

“We just had an hour where we discussed Social Security and the private accounts, not to get back into it, but this many Members on the other side are willing to borrow $5 trillion over the next 20 years to pay for the privatization plan. If you had come here and said, you know, we maybe need to borrow $3.5 billion to fully fund veterans, I think many of us on this side of the aisle would say, well, we think we should balance the budget, we probably think that there is a better way of doing it, but what a much better reason to go out and borrow money, $3.5 billion compared to $5 trillion granted, to meet the obligation that we have. My point is that this is an issue of priorities.”