All True statements involving Rob Portman
"The Social Security disability fund is going belly up in 2016."
"There have been literally hundreds of new tax preferences and loopholes added to the code since 1986, last time we did this."
Says out-of-state abortion clinics "have marketed their services to minors" in states with parental consent laws.
Budget analysts say the looming tax hikes and spending cuts would "take us into a recession and kill jobs."
"$16 trillion (the national debt) in $1 bills would cover the entire state of Ohio nearly 1.5 times."
The Buffett Rule "will bring in less than $5 billion per year. ... Enough to pay one week’s interest on the national debt."
"A couple retiring today will pay about $119,000 in lifetime Medicare taxes and receive about $357,000 in lifetime Medicare benefits. ... about 3 bucks in benefits for every dollar in taxes."
Says the federal government is "the largest energy user in the country."
"Thirty-four of the last 44 (debt ceiling increases) have been for less than a year. So, this notion that short-term is somehow the exception, it's actually the rule."
Says the United States does not "trade as much as other developed nations."
Since the stimulus package was passed, "Ohio’s lost over 100,000 more jobs."
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