Ryan Roundup: Everything You Need to Know About Chairman Ryan’s Budget

[Bill USA]

the cuts Ryan wants are so big it would be like the economy hitting a brick wall. It would put our current [font color="red"]REPUBLICAN DYSTOPIA [/font]ON STEROIDS!


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Below is a compilation of the CBPP analyses, blog posts, and graphics on the budget that House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan proposed, and the House of Representatives passed, in March. At the bottom of the compilation, we also list the Center’s analysis of the Ryan “Roadmap” budget plan.

Overview/General

■Blog post: Greenstein Statement

March 21, 2012

“The new Ryan budget is a remarkable document — one that, for most of the past half-century, would have been outside the bounds of mainstream discussion due to its extreme nature. In essence, this budget is Robin Hood in reverse — on steroids. It would likely produce the largest redistribution of income from the bottom to the top in modern U.S. history and likely increase poverty and inequality more than any other budget in recent times (and possibly in the nation’s history).”

■Full statement: Robert Greenstein, President, on Chairman Ryan’s Budget Plan

■Blog post: Unbalanced Deficit-Reduction Package Would Slash Funds to States and Localities

August 8, 2012

As we explain in a new analysis, a deficit-reduction plan that lacks significant revenues would almost certainly deeply cut federal funds that support states and localities as they educate children, build roads and bridges, protect public health, and provide law enforcement.