Paul Ryan loves PowerPoint. This presentation should help him keep his lies straight

1. 2012
Go Back Team Fact Check
Debate Prep
Powerpoint ®
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2. #1
False Claims on Medicare
Paul Ryan claims President Obama cuts Medicare. It’s not true,
but that doesn’t stop Ryan from repeating the falsehood.
$716 Billion Savings: President Obama strengthened Medicare by cutting unnecessary payments to insurance companies
and health care providers, and these savings helped extend the life of the Medicare trust fund by eight years. The Romney-
Ryan plan takes the same savings and uses them to help pay for a $5 trillion tax cut, instead of coverage for seniors.
ROMNEY-RYA N PL A N OBAMA PLAN
Turns Medic are into a voucher system Lowered co-pays, premiums, and out-of-
Could increase costs by more than $6,000 per year. pocket costs for seniors. By 2022, seniors will
save a total of $5,000.
R e-opens the doughnut hole. Force Expanded prescription coverage by closing
millions of people with Medicare to pay hundreds the doughnut hole. Seniors in the doughnut hole
more each year on their prescription drugs. are already saving an average of $600 a year.
Medic are trust fund would be Added new preventive benefits and
insolv ent in 2016. eight years to the life of the Medicare
trust fund.
End guaranteed benefits. AARP: “Protects And Strengthens Guaranteed
AARP: “Would Undermine...Medicare” Benefits In Medicare”
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3. #2
False Claims on Romney’s $5 Trillion Tax Plan
Paul Ryan says the Romney-Ryan $5 trillion tax cut plan
Won’t mean higher middle class taxes or a higher deficit.
ROM NE Y H A S PROMISED E V EN ELIMINATING A LL LOOPHOLES
$5TR IN TA X CUTS FOR W E A LTH Y, MIDDLE-CL A SS TA XES
FAVOR ING THE W E A LTH Y OR DEFICIT WOULD R ISE
5 Estate Tax Minimum $1 Trillion
?
High Payroll tax Middle Class
Tax Increase or
Alternative Deficit Increase?
4 Minimum Tax
Unspecified
middle-class tax
Tr illions of doll a r s
Corporate benefits - if Romney
3 Taxes provides no net middle-
class tax cut
Unspecified
corporate tax
loopholes - if
2 Romney provides no
net corporate tax cut
20% Tax
Rate Cut
Every Penny Of
1 Tax Benefits Going
To All Taxpayers
Earning Over
$200,000
0
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4. #3
False Claims on the Janesville, Wisconsin GM Plant
Paul Ryan falsely blamed President Obama for the closure
of Janesville’s GM plant, which closed under Pres. Bush.
Janesville visit: Then-Senator Janesville Plant closes: PRESIDENT OBAMA RESCUES Fact Checkers Say Ryan
Obama visits the Janesville GM GM shuts down assembly plant THE AUTO INDUSTRY and Is Wrong: Independent
plant, giving remarks on aiding at the tail end of the Bush over a million jobs, demanding fact checkers - including
America’s auto industry. Administration. shared sacrifice in exchange FactCheck.org, and Politifact
for emergency loans to help Wisconsin - call Ryan’s
GM and Chrysler retool. attacks on President Obama
over Janesville GM “wrong,”
“false,” and “misleading.”
Jun. 2008 1.20.2009 Jun. 2009
2.13.2008 Dec. 2008 E a r ly-to - Mid 2009 Aug. 2012 - Pr esent
GM ANNOUNCES PRESIDENT OBAMA TAKES PLANT UPGRADED TO
CLOSURE: GM announces OFFICE: President Obama is “STANDBY”: As part of GM’s
that the company will sworn into office. restructuring, the plant in
close the Janesville plant. Janesville is upgraded to
“standby” status - meaning
it is among plants first in line
to reopen should GM need
additional capacity.
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5. #4
False claims on the President’s
plan to reduce the deficit
Paul Ryan falsely said President Obama did “exactly
nothing” with the Simpson-Bowles proposal. How did Paul
Ryan vote on that proposal?
yes no
Ryan, Paul
u.s. house of repr esen tativ es
PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS A PLAN TO REDUCE THE DEFICIT
BY OVER $4 TRILLION. He is the only candidate in this race
who takes a balanced approach to deficit reduction in line
with Simpson-Bowles.
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