Tim Ryan: “That may not be the real number. The gentleman is exactly right. That may not be the real number, and why is the…”

“That may not be the real number. The gentleman is exactly right. That may not be the real number, and why is the President more worried about a deficit in 2041 of maybe $300 billion, which the Social Security trust fund will be running at a deficit, instead of a $600 billion deficit today? I do not understand why he and this administration is so overly concerned with kind of the long-range deficit that can be fixed with tinkering with this program instead of worrying about what is happening every single day, as the heart and soul gets stolen out of the United States economy, with the loss of manufacturing, the loss of business, the jobs placement, the jobs that are leaving, are $10- to $12,000 less without health care benefits. Counties and cities are going bankrupt all over the country. They cannot afford to put on police and fire levies. I think two-thirds of the school property tax levies for schools in Ohio the last election cycle failed. I mean, this is eroding the heart and soul of the country day by day by day. This slow drip keeps happening, and it seems like instead of worrying about 2041 when we are to plug a little leak, we need to address the geyser that is happening right before us.”