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Matt Cartwright: “These people, Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell, who will still be…”

Featuring: Matt Cartwright, Democratic | Former U.S. House, Pennsylvania, District 8

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PA 8th Congressional District Debate

Published | Video Starts at 27:11

It's ridiculous. It's offensive. It's your money. It's like somebody going around saying your savings account is an entitlement of yours. That's ridiculous. Yes. These people, Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell, who will still be there, they will attempt to cut these programs to cut the deficit that was created by that tax law last year. 83% of the money going to the top 1% in the corporations. And now they're pointing to what they call the entitlement programs to make up the difference. (27:11–27:23)

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Asserts that Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell will attempt to cut Medicare and Social Security to address the deficit.

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