on the day when we hear that millions of americans have signed up, paul ryan says they should all be kicked off. nice going. but besides that, i have to admit, my expectations were high for this budget. after all, over the past few months, congressman ryan has become the anti-poverty crusader for the gop. concern for the poor, it is not some policy niche. this goes to the very, very heart of the american experiment itself. we want to make sure that our poverty fighting programs are meant to get at the root cause of poverty, to break the cycle of poverty, get people out of poverty. this is why i am focused on poverty these days. hear that? he is focused on poverty these days. and his focus on poverty means a budget. that makes a budget that is makes a special effort. but what does he do? he makes an effort to gut medicaid, that ruins medicare as
fattah, ryan s budget comes just weeks after he made these comments about so-called inner city culture. take a listen. we have got this tailspin of culture in our inner cities in particular of men not working and just generations of men not even thinking about working or learning the value and the culture of work. and so there is a real culture problem here that has to be dealt with. does his budget deal with that culture? you represent the inner city, congressman. what are you going to do about all those men that just don t want to work for generations? well, reverend, you know and i know, you name a job fair or job openings, you ll see lines around the block. in these places where there is no culture for people wanting to work. the problem is not people not wanting to work, is we have to create jobs. and the republicans have worked against the jobs bill, against the effort to return our economy. i just want to say something about the expectation that the republicans have about