Rep. Paul Ryan And The Republican 2013 Budget: Destroying The American Dream

The Republican budget effort led by Rep. Paul Ryan chooses to lead America down a road of enriching the 1 percent at the expense of the dashed economic dreams of middle-class and economically struggling Americans. Learn more about the Ryan Republican budget and the bad choices it makes for America.


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Every Progressive Should Know About The “Budget For All”

By Dave Johnson
March 28, 2012

Every progressive should know about the Congressional Progressive Caucus's "Budget for All." In fact, every American should know about this budget. But the corporate news media sure isn't going to tell people. So you should help get the word out. more »

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Republican Budget For Billionaires: The Impact

By Dave Johnson
March 27, 2012

The new Republican budget (called the "Ryan Budget" by DC insiders) reflects current electoral reality: billionaires and corporations now finance candidates, and we get government of, by and for billionaires and corporations. The rest of us no longer matter, except as "the help" and, at least to the extent we haven't been entirely fleeced, a flock to harvest. more »

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Ryan's Historical Averages Are Irrelevant to Budget Debate

By Stan Collender
March 27, 2012

Originally published on Capital Gains and Games. more »

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The Paul Ryan Rorschach Test

By Dean Baker
From huffingtonpost.com
March 27th, 2012

huffingtonpost.com — House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan did a great public service when he released his budget last week. By throwing a piece of total garbage on the table and pretending it is a real budget plan, he allowed us to see who in Washington is serious about the budget and who just says things that will push their agenda. It is easy to see that Ryan himself could not possible be serious about the document he put out as a "Path to Prosperity." He put out essentially the same budget last year at which point many people pointed out the fact that he shrank most categories of government spending to zero. If that was a mistake (albeit an incredibly foolish one) he has now had a full year to reflect on his error and redesign a budget to reflect his real priorities. Instead, he doubled down. In Representative Ryan's 2012 Path there is no room for federal funding for all the services that even conservatives expect the government to provide.

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GOP: Killing Vulnerable Americans with Kindness – Literally

By Leo Gerard
March 27, 2012

As a favor to struggling Americans, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., proposed a federal budget last week ravaging programs for the poor, elderly, disabled, young, veterans, jobless, students and other vulnerable people. Ryan did it, he said, because these programs, food stamps, health insurance, Pell grants, veteran’s hospitals and the like are demeaning.

Yes, demeaning. more »

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Ryan Budget Is Now Officially A GOP Problem

By Stan Collender
March 22, 2012

Originally posted at Capital Gains and Games.

We now have some real indications that the fiscal 2013 budget plan proposed by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan is going to be as much a political albatross as a plus for Republicans. more »

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Who Pays The Bill For Wall Street's Mess?

By Robert Borosage
March 22, 2012

Yesterday, House Republicans rolled out their budget plan in the Washington version of a Hollywood movie opening. There was a star turn for Budget Chair Paul Ryan at a conservative think tank. more »

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Three Hidden Time Bombs in the GOP's Medicare Budget

By Richard (RJ) Eskow
March 21, 2012

By now most people have heard some of the worst things about the Republican budget proposal - commonly called the "Ryan plan" and unironically described by the GOP as "the Path to Prosperity": That it decimates programs for middle class and lower-income Americans while giving even greater tax breaks to the rich - more »

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The Budget For All vs. Paul Ryan's Budget For The 1 Percent

By Isaiah J. Poole
March 21, 2012

As a mark-up session for the House Republican budget for fiscal 2013 was taking place in the House Budget Committee hearing room, members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus were outside presenting the outlines of their alternative, designed to put jobs and rebuilding the middle class first.

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What's New About GOP Budget Part II? No Attempt To Pretend It Creates Jobs.

By Bill Scher
March 21, 2012

Last year, when the House Republican leadership introduced its budget, they tried to pretend that giant tax cuts for the wealthy and the obliteration of most government functions would create jobs. more »

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