Starve the Poor to Pay the Rich..... [View all]

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Millions of people would lose part or all of their SNAP (food stamp) benefits under House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s new budget, a new CBPP analysis shows.

The Ryan plan would cut SNAP — the nation’s most important anti-hunger program — by $133.5 billion or more than 17 percent over the next ten years. (Click here for the state-by-state impact.) Since more than 90 percent of SNAP expenditures are for food assistance, a cut of that size would require scaling back SNAP eligibility and/or reducing benefits.

To illustrate the size of the cut:

If the cuts came solely from new eligibility restrictions, more than 8 million people would need to be cut from the program, if the cuts began taking effect in 2013.
If the cuts came solely from across-the-board benefit cuts, SNAP benefits would have to be cut by about $22 to $27 per person per month in 2016 dollars.

http://www.offthechartsblog.org/ryan-budget-takes-big-bite-out-of-food-stamps/

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Is this guy from Wisconsin.......?

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Ryan Budget's Claim to Finance Its Tax Cuts for the Wealthy By Curbing Their Tax Breaks Does Not Withstand Scrutiny

http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3722

Why you have to follow Ryan’s numbers......

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/why-you-have-to-follow-ryans-numbers/2011/08/25/gIQAJdrMWS_blog.html?wprss=rss_ezra-klein

I Was Wrong About Paul Ryan.....

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/23/i-was-wrong-about-paul-ryan/

There's Something You Should Know About Paul Ryan's Balanced Budget Claim...

http://www.businessinsider.com/paul-ryan-growth-and-revenue-assumptions-2012-3#ixzz1q0Oxi3Fx

Wonkbook: For some conservatives, even Ryan does not go far enough

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/wonkbook-for-some-conservatives-even-ryan-does-not-go-far-enough/2012/03/22/gIQAMIuSTS_blog.html?wprss=rss_ezra-klein

Ryan's Budget is So Ambitious, it Needs Magic to Work

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/23/ryan-s-budget-is-so-ambitious-it-need-magic-to-work.html?

Paul Ryan’s Budget Plan: More Big Tax Cuts for the Rich

http://taxvox.taxpolicycenter.org/2012/03/23/paul-ryans-budget-plan-more-big-tax-cuts-for-the-rich/

Spending cuts bite in Paul Ryan's home town

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/25/us-usa-campaign-ryan-idUSBRE82O03L20120325?
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