Lujan Enlists Nancy Pelosi

Nancy Pelosi and Ben Ray Lujan

Capitol Report New Mexico - Democratic House leader Nancy Pelosi (D-California) made a trip to Santa Fe on Monday morning (Aug. 29) with Rep. Ben Ray Luján (D-New Mexico), portraying themselves as defenders of Social Security and Medicare with Pelosi saying Republican calls for reining in entitlement spending “isn’t about the deficit … Republicans didn’t say boo during the (George W. Bush) deficit.” Luján told a group of more than 100 supporters at the Mary Esther Gonzales Senior Center that “working people need our help … our message is to protect our Medicare and hands off our Social Security.” Luján also told the crowd some sitting Republican lawmakers want to privatize Social Security (apparently alluding to a bill introduced by Rep. Pete Sessions of Texas that would allow people to opt-out of Social Security and have 6.2 percent of their wages sent to a savings account) and pointed to comments made in the past couple days by Texas Gov. Rick Perry that Social Security is a Ponzi scheme for young Americans. “These are programs we have to protect,” Luján said. But how do you do that when 10,000 baby boomers per day are turning 65 and the federal deficit is more than $14 trillion? Read full story here: News New Mexico

Lujan Enlists Nancy Pelosi