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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPaul Ryan calls for cuts to anti-poverty programs in GOP budget
http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/politicsnow/la-pn-paul-ryan-poverty-20140303,0,11560.storyPaul Ryan calls for cuts to anti-poverty programs in GOP budget
By Lisa Mascaro
March 3, 2014, 10:07 a.m.
WASHINGTON--House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan is taking aim at the nation's poverty programs, unveiling an ambitious report Monday that will underpin Republican budget priorities this election year.
The former Republican presidential nominee is long on criticism of the nearly $800 billion in government spending on more than 90 different poverty programs in 2012 that provided food, housing, education and other assistance for low-income Americans.
But the report is short on policy prescriptions, which are coming later from the budget chairman.
The conservative budget guru intends to rally House Republicans around an overhaul of the federal safety net, posing a direct election year confrontation with the White House over the growing issue of income inequality.
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Paul Ryan calls for cuts to anti-poverty programs in GOP budget (Original Post)
jsr
Mar 2014
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nyquil_man
(1,443 posts)1. His policy prescriptions are always "coming later"
Hint: They involve his lips on the 1%'s ass.
LuvNewcastle
(16,846 posts)2. Of course he does.
Anytime Paul Ryan sees anything in the budget that helps alleviate poverty, he's going to try to find a way to remove it. That's the kind of guy he is. We've got a lot of others just like him in Congress right now. The scary thing is, a lot of them are popular in their districts. I can't help but wonder what kind of people we have in this country. These people are frighteningly fucked up.
onestepforward
(3,691 posts)3. Ayn Rand would be so proud. n/t
EC
(12,287 posts)4. raise the minimum wage
and half those programs will go away on their own accord.
pansypoo53219
(20,981 posts)5. WE NEED TO CRY CLASS WARFARE EVERY TIME THEY DO THIS.
its still class warfare if THEY HIT THE POOR. FIGHT BACK.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)6. has no shame ...
jsr
(7,712 posts)7. Nobody should forget that one.