Everybody is always lying about the impacts and numbers involved in spending cuts. It's tough to trust any numbers without lots of fact checking. Always fact check any numbers received from anybody. That's the only way you won't be mislead down the wrong path.
source: http://hotair.com/archives/2011/04/07/post-to-pelosi-no-six-million-seniors-wont-starve-under-the-gop-budget/