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Not an april fool s joke, but it is a joke, because it s still not seeing the problem. it still is not proposing reining in wasteful government spending. tea party also criticizing the plan as a, quote, work of april fool s day fiction. they too doubt future spending cuts will ever really materialize. ryan s budget plan will cut spending by $5.1 trillion over ten years and balance the budget by then. it also overhauls medicare and medicaid and reforms social security. it will repeal the president s health care law. a new york times editorial asks does the republican party really want to coalesce around a budget this destructive to the country s future? mark, as you know, in its reaction to it, the white house said this essentially stacks the decks against the middle class and threatens the economy and recovery here. so, paul ryan managed to make everyone unhappy. i think the proof s going to be in the pudding when house ....
Mayor michael bloomberg s controversial move is designed to reduce obesity rates and covers everything from restaurants and theaters to fast food joints and food carts. representative congressman paul ryan is reviving a familiar fight, obama care. ryan isn t pulling any punches. are you saying as part of your budget you will repeal obama care? yes. that s not going to happen. well, we believe it should. that s the point. this is what budgeting s all about, chris, about making tough choices to fix our country s problems. ryan s budget plan will balance revenue and spending within ten years. here s some hopeful signs on the housing front. many of the 5 million people who ....
It is unclear whether that compassion includes steep cuts to food stamps as part of ryan s budget plan 8 to 10 million americans will be kicked off the program that helps them feed themselves and their families. and finally, a new report from the urban institute finds the ryan budget would slash funding for medicaid by $1.7 trillion and cut the number of people enrolled by 50%. given this, dressing up as a champion for society s most vulnerable will be quite the costume drama. let s not forget how romney and ryan characterized those in need of government assistance or in ryan s words the takers. right now about 60% of the american people get more benefits benefit s in dollar value than they pay ....
Politically it turns out not to work politically. i want to get to something. in the very first interview romney and ryan gave after ryan joined the ticket, bob sheath pointed out that ryan s budget plan could be trouble for romney. let s listen. there s no question your campaign has been trying to make this election a referendum on barack obama. now, some people are saying you are making it a referendum on paul ryan s budget plan. well, i have my budget plan, as you know, that i ve put out. and that s the budget plan that we re going to run on. and again, this sunday romney had to distance himself from ryan s positions and assert that he s the man at the top of the ticket. let s listen. the president s cutting $716 billion from current medicare. i disagree with that. i would put those dollars back into medicare. mr. ryan has proposed something similar, almost ....
Especially bill clinton, acknowledged the economic pain but they reminded the electorate that this was an external shock. while things aren t ideal, you need to stay the course. i found it very interesting that this message of staying the course and that slow and steady improvement is a will the of what we saw in 2004 coming out of the republican national convention with bush. dealing with terror not the economy. but in saying, we had this external shock. we need to move forward. i can t help but see the other similarities in terms of the challenger to incumbent s president. where in 2004 we saw john kerry, a bossipatritoin, out of touch with the election, and same with romney. when you look at the romney/ryan ticket and deal with the fact that it appears that many americans are not trustful of romney handling the economy, maybe they re looking at ryan s budget plan, which ....