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Ryan Unveils New Budget Blueprint…and Here’s a Rundown

House Republican Budget Unveiled by Ryan Tuesday

Chart Comparing GOP and Obama Budgets Accompanying Ryan Op-ed (The Wall Street Journal)

After a bitter political fight with Democrats in 2011 that resulted in Congress failing to pass a budget for the third straight year, Republicans controlling the House have stepped to plate once again, unveiling the blueprint Tuesday for their budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Accompanied by a slick new YouTube video and op-ed in The Wall Street Journal, House Republicans led by Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan plan to slash domestic spending, lower tax rates and balance the budget by 2040.

“Courageous Democrats have joined our efforts. And bipartisan opposition to the path of broken promises is growing,” writes Rep. Ryan in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal Tuesday. ”And so Tuesday, House Republicans are introducing a new Path to Prosperity budget that builds on what we’ve achieved.”

Last year, Rep. Ryan’s budget passed in the House but was ignored by Senate Democrats. Democratic congressional candidates used the budget in campaign ads directed towards seniors concerned about Medicare, which Republicans accused as “scare tactics” that distorted the reality of their plan.

If enacted into law, the Associated Press reports that the GOP’s new plan would wrestle the deficit to a manageable size in short order, but only by cutting Medicaid, food stamps, Pell Grants and a host of other programs that Obama has promised to protect:

“To deal with the influx of retiring Baby Boomers, the GOP budget reprises a controversial approach to overhauling Medicare that would switch the program – for those under 55 today – from a traditional ‘fee for service’ framework in which the government pays doctor and hospital bills to a voucherlike ‘premium support’ approach in which the government subsidizes purchases of health insurance.

Republicans say the new approach forces competition upon a wasteful health care system, lowering cost increases and giving senior more options. But Democratic opponents of the idea say the new system – designed by Ryan and liberal Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon – cuts costs too steeply and would provide the elderly with a steadily shrinking menu of options and higher out-of-pocket costs.”

Rep. Ryan argues that the new plan achieves real spending discipline, not at the sacrifice of our military, and gets the nation’s fiscal house in order by ending “the epidemic of crony politics and government overreach that has weakened confidence in the nation’s institutions and its economy. ”

The Washington Post reports that the new proposal would replace the current tax structure’s six brackets with just two tax levels, a 10-percent marginal tax rate for lower-income earners and 25-percent for upper-income earners.

“That would be a reduction from the current top marginal rate of 35 percent. The plan would also lower the top corporate income tax rate to 25 percent and virtually eliminate taxes on corporate profits brought back from overseas. And it would do away with the Alternative Minimum Tax, which was designed to hit the wealthiest taxpayers, but increasingly also affects upper-middle-income earners.

Republicans have been urging an overhaul that would make the tax code simpler and easier to understand while lowering rates, which they believe will spur economic growth and prove a politically potent election-year message. Ryan’s proposal is similar to ones offered by both GOP presidential candidates former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum.”

While Republicans have been met with some willingness to legislate from lone Democrats, like Oregon’s Ron Wyden, all signs point to political partisanship and Democrats attempting to use the budget not as a practical measure but as a campaign issue once again.

POLITICO reports that Democrats are organizing media blitzes, House floor speeches and town halls back home to slam the Ryan budget, before unveiling their own budget next week which calls for a mix of spending cuts and tax hikes on the rich.

“They can run, but they cannot hide from their Medicare plan, which ends the Medicare guarantee at the same time they’re providing big new tax breaks to millionaires and protecting special interest tax loopholes,” Maryland Rep. Chris Van Hollen told POLITICO in an interview Monday.

POLITICO notes that the DCCC announced Monday that it raised $6.3 million in February and had $16.4 million cash on hand — giving Democrats plenty of money to use against the GOP and Ryan’s plan this cycle.

House Republican Budget Unveiled by Ryan Tuesday

President Obama released his budget for FY 2013 in February, a $3.8 trillion spending plan that seeks to achieve $4 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade. The President’s plan looks to achieve $1.5 trillion in deficit reductions through tax increases on the wealthy and removing certain corporate tax breaks. The plan will seek to make sure that households making more than $1 million annually pay at least 30 percent of their income in taxes.

The New York Times reports on the stark differences between White House and Republican plans:

“Under the House plan, the current $1.18 trillion deficit would fall to $797 billion in the coming fiscal year, compared with $977 billion under Mr. Obama’s plan. By 2016, the deficit would fall to $241 billion by Republican estimates. The Congressional Budget Office estimated last week that Mr. Obama’s budget would still have a $529 billion deficit in 2016.

The Ryan plan would accumulate $3.1 trillion in additional debt through 2022. The president’s would add $6.4 trillion, more than twice that total. The Republican budget cuts spending by $5 trillion more than the president’s plan, mandates the repeal of Mr. Obama’s health care law and assumes the elimination of the government-backed mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.”

Washington Democratic Sen. Patty Murray, who chaired the failed Congressional deficit reduction super committee, called Rep. Ryan’s approach to debt reduction “outrageous and deeply disappointing.”

“By desperately attempting to appease their extreme conservative base, House Republicans are reneging on a deal their own Speaker shook on less than eight months ago,” she said to The Washington Post. “They have shown that a deal with them isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on and they are threatening families across America yet again with the prospect of a government shutdown.”

Rep. Ryan makes his case in the 3-minute campaign style YouTube video “The Path to Prosperity Budget: Your Country. Your Future. Your Choice.”

“It’s up to the people to demand from their government a better budget, a better plan, and a choice between two futures,” Rep.Ryan said in the video, which even had its own trailer released last week. “The question is: which future will we choose?”

The White House responded to the Ryan budget proposal just an hour after the plan’s release Tuesday morning. In a statement, White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer said the plan ”fails the test of balance, fairness, and shared responsibility“ and would ”end Medicare as we know it.”
The Hill reports that Pfeiffer said the GOP proposal would “shower the wealthiest few Americans with an average tax cut of at least $150,000″ and at the same time would preserve taxpayer giveaways to oil companies and breaks for Wall Street executives.

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  • WashingtonIsMyHero
    Posted on March 20, 2012 at 3:59pm

    The Left is already demagoging Ryan’s new plan. Got a call today to join in on a phone discussion on social security and medicare from our hated progressive Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH). Never heard from him before and Ryan just issued his plan today. That’s fast work. I’m sure he hopes to scare uninformed seniors about losing those benefits. He should be outlining how seniors will lose “benefits” if we don’t recall Obamacare.

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  • ianmc002
    Posted on March 20, 2012 at 2:50pm

    Take a look at Ron Paul’s plan. REAL CUTS, right here RIGHT NOW (not future projected spending cuts).

    Think of the multi TRILLION dollar stimulus employed by bringing our troops home. First think of the money saved by bringing our troops home as opposed to maintaining an unnecessary military empire abroad (which has NOTHING to do with defense). Secondly think of the troops income spent RIGHT HERE, on rent, housing, food, whatever. Thirdly think of the ‘drug war’ that we are spending BILLIONS on combating…all but GONE when we protect our OWN borders. Fourthly think IMMIGRATION!!! NO more free healthcare, NO more free EDUCATION, NO MORE WELFARE.

    Now…think; the multi TRILLION dollar stimulus this would be. Maybe you can add to this list.

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    • ianmc002
      Posted on March 20, 2012 at 3:03pm

      Future projected spending cuts?

      Yeah…I planned on spending a trillion dollars tomorrow, but now I’m only gonna spend 500 billion…thats 500 billion in cuts.

      Come on Ryan…we need REAL CUTS.

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    • SgtB
      Posted on March 20, 2012 at 3:12pm

      You’re right, and although I like Paul Ryan and admire his ideas and his persistence, I don’t think that seniors should be allowed to ride out their life on the back of those who work. Especially since it was them who allowed the gov‘t to grow to it’s current level and believed that they could enslave their children and their grandchildren to their own debt while their generation got to reap the benefits of all of the borrowed principal. We should outlaw national debt and end the federal reserve and its fiat currency. We don’t need to institute a gold standard, but our money must be backed by real wealth. That is, the physical assets of this nation as a whole. Land, precious metals, forests, water, almost everything is a source of capital and we can have an elastic monetary supply that is backed by these physical assets. To not have the dollar backed by any tangible asset is to make it a worthless piece of green cloth with no more intrinsic value than a piece of toilet paper.

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    • ronin_6
      Posted on March 20, 2012 at 3:17pm

      Yes but he can’t get elected.

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  • cemerius
    Posted on March 20, 2012 at 2:47pm

    Here we go again……the Democrats sit on their collective butts doing nothing but waiting for the Republicans to “step up to the plate” and start throwing eggs and lies to defeat something they have no cajones to present themselves!!!! Yes, of course, the Democrat Senators will destroy ANYTHING presented from the lower house!!! So, they can go to the welfare lines and nursing homes to spread lies and say the Republicans “refuse” to cooperate…..look to the approval ratings from Congress and KNOW they are directed at Dingy Harry Reid and his DO NOTHING Senate!!!

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  • BaltimoreJoe
    Posted on March 20, 2012 at 2:44pm

    Repubs need to focus on course since 2007 when Dems took both houses.. its not good enough to take back the Presidency, we have to all three back then beat the crap out of those guys until they see the light!

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  • NOBALONEY
    Posted on March 20, 2012 at 2:38pm

    Repeat Reid will continue with CR’s. MSM doesn’t care, and that keeps the people in the dark. Five more years! Five more years! Get used to it, because the states that will give Romney the nod. Won’t be in the republican column 11/6.

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  • smitty1007
    Posted on March 20, 2012 at 2:37pm

    The time is now to drastically reduce the cost of the federal government. Let’s face it, there now is plenty of fat and many superfluous agencies that were created to solve a problem. Instead, they have morphed into gigantic bureaucracies that actually have a negative effect on the economy. You need to reduce the cost of operating the federal government by a minimum of 30%. Each department races to spend its full budget near the end of the fiscal year so that it can get the same or more next year! This must stop – just cut their budgets to the bone! Make them justify every item in their budgets!
    Here’re a few suggestions:
    Reduce the EPA by 95%. It has yet to fully clean up super-fund sites, especially at government bases. It has pushed most of our manufacturing jobs (The life-blood of any country) off-shore. It now threatens to cause power failures and much higher gasoline prices.
    Privatize the Post Office. To fix it would require cutting mail delivery to three days a week – Monday, Wednesday and Friday only. The employees could work 10 hours on each of these days and five hours each on Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday or deliver to staggered areas – some on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Raise First Class rates on ALL mail to $1.00.
    Sell the Post office to UPS and/or FEDEX – they know how to operate efficiently – the federal government does not! Get a large payment up front and royalties forever. This would help reduce the national debt.
    Pr

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    • smitty1007
      Posted on March 20, 2012 at 2:40pm

      Privatize AMTRAK. Again, a large payment up front and royalties forever.
      Cut the Department of Energy by 98%. It was created to make us energy independent – it has totally failed its mission. It is chasing bird killing windmills and elusive sunlight while ignoring our oil resources, geothermal sources and atomic energy.
      Reduce the IRS by 98%. Eliminate the current tax code that even the Secretary of the Treasury cannot understand. Just charge every person and company a flat tax – what could be simpler? (And close the loopholes that allow traders (or is it traitors?) like George Soros to park their riches outside the country.)
      Sell off 50% of government owned real estate. Proceeds to be used to pay down the National Debt. Private owners would then be subject to real estate taxes, giving the states an income stream that is now badly needed and they will not need to come begging from the federal government.
      Close most military bases on foreign soil – most are left over from WWII – that was over 65 years ago!!! Bring home the 50,000 troops in Europe and the 28,000 troops in Korea. Put them on the borders to shut off the migration of law breakers, drugs and terrorists.
      Privatize the operation of the National Parks. Again payment up-front and royalties forever.
      Eliminate the Department of Education. Its duties belong with the states. It took us from first to 27th therefore failing in its mission. If you allow the state and local governments to COMPETE

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    • smitty1007
      Posted on March 20, 2012 at 2:49pm

      Eliminate the Department of Education. Its duties belong with the states. It took us from first to 27th therefore failing in its mission. If you allow the state and local governments to COMPETE in the field of education, the level of education will skyrocket. Issue vouchers and let the parents pick the schools for their children. Good schools will grow – bad ones MUST fail. States can then compete for industry based on the level of education in the states. Our country can then be very competitive. Maybe morality will return to the classrooms.
      Eliminate 50% of remaining agencies. Some can be combined. Some can have their duties picked up by the states. Roll back the COLA increase for federal employees to 2005 levels. COLA was negative – just ask those on Social Security. Cut Congressional salaries and staff by at least 50%.
      Eliminate all government pensions. Federal employees – included those elected – should be able to retire (Make it mandatory) at 70 and fare well on Social Security and personal savings – like the rest of us must do.
      Remove the upper limit and maximum contribution to Social Security. Also apply this tax to all forms of income. This will only effect the wealthy that you are currently targeting.
      Reduce the number of senators and representatives by 50%. Two senators from each were needed when all communications was by horseback. Today’s technologies allow one to fully effective, if they choose to be.
      Repeal Obamacar

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    • smitty1007
      Posted on March 20, 2012 at 3:00pm

      Repeal Obamacare – We don’t need it, we don’t want it and we cannot afford it!
      Have the Federal government purchase only USA made goods! No explanation needed.
      Privatize Fanny and Freddie. They need to sink or swim on their own. Better yet, shut them down!
      Look into eliminating the FCC, HUD, OSHA, NLRB, EPA, CFPB, USDA, Labor, Energy, Commerce, Agriculture and many other unneeded, over-staffed departments.
      Quit funding NPR, NEA, Acorn and Planned Parenthood.
      Quit giving money to countries that do not support our positions.

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    • Okieflyover
      Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:51pm

      This article says Obama projects $900 billion in deficit this year He predicted $700 billion last and ended up ove $1.3 trillion that e will admit to. Obama’s numbers should not be used unless it is pointed out go bad he was off the last 3 years.

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  • goahead.makemyday
    Posted on March 20, 2012 at 2:31pm

    TAX THE RICH DOWN WITH THE 1%!!! That is all I hear from lib politicians, well guess what those same lib politicians are part of the 1%! Now tell me how is destroying Medicare as we know it, and make it better wrong? Also as for the 1% I’m trying to be part of the 1% not blame them. Did you know that if you put $2000 in a ROTH every year from age 19-27 by the time you retire you will be a multimillionaire? Yes you’d be part of that evil 1%(thank you Mr. Ramsey for the inspiration).

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    • SgtB
      Posted on March 20, 2012 at 7:32pm

      I’ve had that argument before too. Someone told me that a person at the poverty level investing the 15% they’d be paying in FICA could not do any better than social security or medicare. So I took them to task, and showed them that even just $1500 a year in a retirement account averaging 8% a year from the time they are 18 to 65 netted them more than $800,000 in retirement funds. And if a person spent their entire life living on 10 grand a year, 800k would be more than enough to live the last 30 years of their life and leave a large inheritance. Hell, they could double or triple their income upon retirement by just living off the interest earned or the dividends and never deplete their principal.

      Anyone younger than 50 who still believes Social Security is good is an idiot and anyone over 50 who thinks it is good is just trying to get what they “deserve” because they had no foresight and were too ignorant of reality to save for their own retirement.

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  • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
    Posted on March 20, 2012 at 2:27pm

    “Courageous Democrats have joined our efforts.”
    ————————————————————————–
    Only because they want to get re-elected. It’s not like they suddenly had some insightful, economic, revelation.

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    • 2theADDLED
      Posted on March 20, 2012 at 3:26pm

      Congress is Irrelevant it’s all dog and pony show decisions have already been decided.
      Congress members need to wake up.

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  • Robert999
    Posted on March 20, 2012 at 2:16pm

    We need to get rid of all socialistic government handouts. Not only because they are budget busters but because they are wrong and unAmerican. There are a lot of them like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, VA, etc, etc, etc.

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  • Itsjusttim
    Posted on March 20, 2012 at 2:03pm

    I guess Americans shouldn’t have been so happy to have millions upon millions of children after WW2 where so many millions of people died or were killed.

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  • Itsjusttim
    Posted on March 20, 2012 at 2:00pm

    Yeah I don’t see it working.

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  • MistaB
    Posted on March 20, 2012 at 1:54pm

    What a joke! 30 years to balance the budget? What will the debt be by then if we keep adding to it?

    You know what the difference between John Boehner and Michelle Bachman is? Michelle Bachman has balls! Boehner is a JOKE!! We have to get rid of these guys and get sane people in there!!

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    • oldguy49
      Posted on March 20, 2012 at 2:04pm

      agreed……….anyone that has been in washington for 2 terms needs to be voted out…….dem and rep……………term limits

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    • Itsjusttim
      Posted on March 20, 2012 at 2:11pm

      Well, you’re gonna have to pay the Reaper.

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    • Brannigans Law
      Posted on March 20, 2012 at 3:00pm

      @ oldguy
      Term limits isn’t the answer. First, back in the 90’s many states passed legislation requiring term limits for Senators and Representatives. The Supreme Court ruled that those actions were outside the power of State Legislatures to dictate. Consequently, just like with Presidential term limits (22nd Amendment), it would take a Constitutional Amendment to establish Congressional term limits. Realistically, the prospect of that happening is virtually zero. Second, term limits actually embolden a lame duck to ignore the will of the people because they no longer have anything to lose. (look out if Obama gets re-elected. He already ignores the will of the people. Imagine what he’ll do once he doesn’t care about re-electability). The only real control remains with we the people. Educating ourselves and others around us then voting out those who no longer represent us is our best, quickest and simplest recourse.

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    • SgtB
      Posted on March 20, 2012 at 7:39pm

      @ Brannigan’s Law, Like the Futurama refernce. Unfortunately, voting will not solve our problem. You see, when our human rights are being trampled by our government on our neighbors’ behalf, we are no longer living in a republic, but a democracy. And in a democracy, mob rule is the only rule. So long as they can convince a slight majority to vote a certain way, they can do whatever they want to the minority. This is how 60 million Chinese dissidents ended up in roadside ditches with holes in their cranium. No, the time for trusting your vote has come and gone. The only action that will save us and our rights is a revolution, peaceful or forceful, but a revolution. I for one don’t wish to take the life of any other man, but if it comes down to losing my rights as a human being or killing a man who is trying to take those rights away, I will chose to kill that man 10 times out of 10. Live free or die used to be a motto people lived by. We should all live with such certainty and purpose.

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  • cdowis
    Posted on March 20, 2012 at 1:43pm

    Where is the Dem’s budget? Three years and nothing except to vote down Obama’s budget.

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    • cemerius
      Posted on March 20, 2012 at 2:57pm

      and to tear apart the Reps budgets…..gotta love a do nothing Senate!!

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    • GrayPanther
      Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:19pm

      And where is the press on this? clearly, the Democ-rats in Washington depend on the obedient leftist press for cover and on mind numb robots for their reelection. hopefully, there are MORE people awake today than there are democ-rat robots when the voting occurs on November 6th.

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  • AmazingGrace8
    Posted on March 20, 2012 at 1:42pm

    Ryan should have waited on this proposal AFTER the rep.candidate is picked. In my opinion, this SPLITS messages. Bad move! This regime has not had a budget forever, it seems, NO BODY GIVES ATTENTION to this matter and does not shine a spotlight on this one important matter. Paul Ryan, a nice smart man with young children to think about their future…a heart & soul man…“not afraid” but Ryan could have stood for a moment..thought about this proposal & ambushed them with “lethal-dart-facts” when the liberals are running around trying to gather another plan of attack! AFTER the rep. candidate was announced. Just my humble opinion..but these libs are ruthless & you have to be more cunning — get out of “your comfort-zone” and go for the jug-a-lar before “they” kill what America stands for….FREEDOM & LIBERTY FOR ALL!

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  • Popp40
    Posted on March 20, 2012 at 1:38pm

    Did anyone catch: In a statement, White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer said the plan ”fails the test of balance, fairness, and shared responsibility“…..don’t you just love socialism! The WH doesn’t even hide it….yet main stream media says nothing on it.

    If the want to fix the budget….tell all of the Congressmen, President, and government employees aren’t getting paid, they will not be getting all of the “perks” that currently get until we have a real balanced budget….I bet it gets completed very quickly.

    But if they want to balance the budget…simple…cut ALL government programs and government employee salaries by 20%, put a 2 year time limit on Welfare, Food Stamps and any assistance. Sorry but if you can’t find something in 2 years then there is an issue with you.
    Illegals should not be able to qualify for any government assistance….period!
    Stop all foreign aid until we can get our house in order.
    Pull out of the UN.

    These are just a few things that would get us back to a balanced budget….but I realize these are common sense ideas and most people and govenmental officials will not understand them.

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  • harleyalien
    Posted on March 20, 2012 at 1:33pm

    All the Democrat, Leftist, Progressive, Marxist, Communist must be sleeping, there usually the first ones on here anymore. This a good start, kind of like Obama care it’s just a starter home and well decorate it as we go. We must take our country BACK, we must do everything in our power to get good convertives elected this November so we can get this ship turned around………..and hope that’s enough…….

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  • ianmc002
    Posted on March 20, 2012 at 1:28pm

    Lets start with Ron Pauls ‘End The Militarism’ part of the plan. We bring our troops home, and we protect our borders…think of the multi TRILLION dollar stimulus this will be for our country. First think of the money saved by bringing our troops home as opposed to maintaining an unnecessary military empire abroad. Secondly think of the troops income spent RIGHT HERE, on rent, housing, food, other purchases. Thirdly think of the ‘drug war’ we are spending BILLIONS on combating…all but GONE when we protect our OWN borders. Fourthly think IMMIGRATION!!! NO more free healthcare, NO more free EDUCATION, NO MORE WELFARE.

    Now…think; the multi TRILLION dollar stimulus this would be.

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  • Silversmith
    Posted on March 20, 2012 at 1:28pm

    A serious spiritual change is going to have to happen in this country, and the world. We are going to have to start caring about each other without exception. In fact, it will happen. There’s no avoiding it. The question is whether or not it will happen soon, while we still have a chance at the America we love, or later in the aftermath of a real meltdown.

    I vote for soon.

    Silversmith

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  • ColoradoMaverick
    Posted on March 20, 2012 at 1:27pm

    We need this guy to be the VP and maybe the president the next go round. He rocks!

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  • ianmc002
    Posted on March 20, 2012 at 1:20pm

    Much respect to Ryan, however this plan will not go fast and far enough. We need spending cuts right here right now…not future ‘projected’ spending cuts.

    Ron Pauls plan has REAL cuts…RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW.

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    • booger71
      Posted on March 20, 2012 at 1:44pm

      Your right. He is still only cutting automatic increases, not any real cutting.

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on March 20, 2012 at 1:18pm

    I wish that guy was running. He would make Obama look like the petulant child he is in a debate.

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  • lukerw
    Posted on March 20, 2012 at 1:13pm

    Government workers are going to need more Body Guards… and this will increase Employment!

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    • lukerw
      Posted on March 20, 2012 at 3:53pm

      OK, I understand that Obama’s plan is Communist Redistribution of Wealth and the Destruction of Capitalism… but why Counter his Plan, with a New Plan, of Opposition… where the Plan of 1776 worked just fine and got us here?

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on March 20, 2012 at 1:06pm

    You can tell when the Democrats are beginning to run scared: old tactics so often employed of class and economic warfare.

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    • hauschild
      Posted on March 20, 2012 at 1:14pm

      Too bad the majority of Americans are stupid and naive and evil enough to allow themselves to be duped, repeatedly. Greed, ignorance, stupidity – all the same at the end of the day.

      Unfortunately, this won’t end until things get so bad that who in the hell would even want to live in this country at that point?

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  • The_Jerk
    Posted on March 20, 2012 at 12:58pm

    Cowardly plan. Ryan will be eighty years old when balance is achieved. Typical political move. Be the perceived hero now as others pay later.
    Fix it now!

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    • CatB
      Posted on March 20, 2012 at 1:06pm

      Where is the Democrat plan? What I would call this is a GOOD START!

      OMG 2012!

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    • deeberj
      Posted on March 20, 2012 at 1:11pm

      At least he is moving the deficit downwards rather than upwards.

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    • Airgun
      Posted on March 20, 2012 at 1:12pm

      Just how do you suggest we “fix it now”?
      Shoot anyone over 65 and shoot everyone else when they get there?
      It took several decades to dig this hole.
      There is NO quick fix short of mass murder, and if you advocate that- you’re a monster.

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on March 20, 2012 at 1:15pm

      This is not a Republican/Democrat issue. Both have been as irresponsible. If you have cancer, you don’t wait 40 years to fix it.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on March 20, 2012 at 1:16pm

      @CatB – we know where and what the Democrats plan is; nothing and nada. They want to make sure any problems when the debt battle comes up in Nov they can claim the Republicans are being the main obstruction on the matter.

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    • Caleb-Texas
      Posted on March 20, 2012 at 1:18pm

      Sir, your screen name says it all.

      Two ways to go about the budget.

      1. A plan grounded on current fiscal realities.
      2. A plan grounded on farcical rhetoric.

      Your choice sir.

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on March 20, 2012 at 1:21pm

      Airgun, shut down Departments; Commerce, Transportation, Education, EPA… . Stop all foreign aid. Shut down bases around the globe. Stop nation building. Stop paying lazy people to sit at home. Limit food stamps to a very, very, few items. Stop government venture capitalism.
      Plenty can be done.

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  • LOJ
    Posted on March 20, 2012 at 12:56pm

    We still have sensible capable people like Ryan, with good ideas, the problem is that they aren’t able to get the new changes implemented to improve things for the American people!

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    • deeberj
      Posted on March 20, 2012 at 1:12pm

      Because too many of our politicians, including some we elected to be conservatives, end up corrupt or at the least stupid and vote for progressive things.

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