Boehner's priorities

Regarding the national budget, U.S. House Minority Leader John Boehner told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review on Tuesday that he thinks we should cut Social Security benefits to curb the deficit but continue funding the war in Afghanistan.

Nice priorities. Stop funding survival, and continue funding death. Make our troops and our old people suffer.

Of course, a media firestorm then ensued, to the point where the Tribune-Review issued a clarification, saying, "During a wide-ranging interview with the Tribune-Review, House Minority Leader John Boehner said the federal government must continue funding the war in Afghanistan to protect the nation. He also said Congress must curb spending on federal entitlements, such as Social Security[,] to reduce the federal deficit. He did not link those issues directly."

Big deal. You don't need to link one to the other to see that both are wrong.