In case you want the longer answer, there are multiple reasons to distrust Mr. Ryan, the Republican chairman of the House Budget Committee. Its not just that his plan is completely inconsistent with his budget proposals, and that he has given no indication of how he would resolve this inconsistency. Its not just that the methods he proposes are simply backdoor ways to slash aid to the poor - which is what his budgets involve, after all. And its not just that everything he has said about the causes of and cures for poverty is all wrong. No, its also the fact that Mr. Ryans previous proposals - all of them - were con jobs. It has been four years since he was challenged to explain the magic asterisk in his original budget proposal - how he could slash tax rates for the wealthy and corporations without reducing revenue. He has never explained it; all hes done is put in more magic asterisks on discretionary spending and other items.
Posted on: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 01:39:05 +0000
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