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10/17/2024 | News release | Distributed by Public on 10/17/2024 11:36
Another story debunked Mary Peltola’s lying attack ads
Another story debunked Mary Peltola's lying attack ads
October 17, 2024
After Mary Peltola "disavowed and denied her own ads" in a recent debate, today another news story debunked Peltola's false attack ads lying about Nick Begich.
"Alaskans are rejecting Democrat Mary Peltola's failed record rubber-stamping the Biden-Harris war on Alaska. Peltola and her extreme D.C. Democrat cronies have no leg to stand on except ridiculous false attacks." - NRCC Spokesperson Ben Petersen
In case you missed it…
Begich's 'Ponzi scheme' comment on Social Security was taken out of context, recording shows
Alaska Beacon
James Brooks
Political ads claiming that Republican U.S. House candidate Nick Begich labeled Social Security a "Ponzi scheme" use a quote taken out of context, according to a July 2023 recording.
Social Security's trust fund, used to pay benefits, invests in U.S. government treasury bonds, a low-risk form of investment.
Begich criticized that funding approach, saying it amounts to the government buying its own debt.
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Begich's criticism was with the way Social Security is funded, not the benefits the program pays.
He went on to say that the funding mechanism wasn't a problem when there were many workers for each retiree receiving benefits, but now that the nation's population has aged and the ratio of workers to beneficiaries has dropped, "you're going to have a real problem, and you can't keep borrowing at this rate."
In last week's Debate for the State against incumbent Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola, Begich said he doesn't oppose Social Security.
"I am a 100% full supporter of Social Security, despite what you may have seen on ads and on TV," he said. "I 100% support ensuring that we meet the commitments that have been made. My comments in the past have been taken out of context, and what I have actually said is the federal government has taken the Social Security Trust Fund and they have spent it on current operating expenditures. That's a savings account for our seniors, and being reappropriated for deficit spending. That's wrong."
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