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[EarlG]

House Republicans approve Ryan budget that calls for big cuts to health programs

House of Cuts: The House Republican Budget Stacks the Deck Against the Middle Class, One Cut at a Time

Sen. Sanders: The Ryan Budget is Vulgar and Obscene

Even Republicans Don’t Like the Ryan Budget

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I am truly at a loss for words to describe how VILE he is, and his "budget" too.

[Arkansas Granny]

4. He's not the only one who's vile. It passed the House 219 - 205.

[Cyrano]

2. Ryan displays his major dickishness in

a party of major dicks. They've consistently been on the wrong side of history and they're not about to change. Their ideological heirs are going to be around well after we're all long gone. All we can do is fight them and never give up.

[chowder66]

3. Argh

Great Ad as always but I feel like another ad could accompany it ....something along the line of

Paul Ryan's Budget was passed in the House yesterday giving lower taxes to millionaires saving them an average of $87,000 and here's how he wants to pay for that (by taking from the rest of us to give to them);

cutting medicare
cutting medicaid
etc.

[corkhead]

5. A classic example of pulling up the ladder behind you. Ryan wouldn't be where he is

without the very programs he wants to cut, after he benefited from them. Sociopath.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

9. True that

[calimary]

24. By all rights, he should renounce his membership in the Catholic Church.

The Catholic Church at least tries (these days, with Pope Francis in charge, anyway) to focus on the teachings of Jesus. Jesus was all about the poor. He hung out with 'em, worked miracles on them, taught them, took their side against the rich and privileged, and told the rest of us to do that, too. He talked all the time about "the least of these," and "the least of My brethren." The LEAST. Not the biggest, richest, most powerful, most well-connected, most influential, most comfortable. Not once.

NONE of them as individuals got his attention except for TWO guys. One of them was recounted in the New Testament as "the rich young man," who approached Him asking how he might get into Heaven. Jesus told him something that would make paul ryan want to cry "COMMUNIST!!!!!" and "Un-AMERICAN!!!!" Jesus told the rich young man that to get into Heaven, he must give away all his worldly goods and "come follow Me." And the rich young man went away, sadly. Obviously did not want to part with his worldly goods and his wealth and privilege and comfort. So I guess he turned his nose up at Jesus's guidance and recommendations. Nothing further is said about how he did give away his wealth and embraced earthly poverty to follow Jesus the Christ.

The other was the star of a parable. Jesus did a compare-and-contrast with a rich man who paraded down the center aisle of the Temple with a big bag of gold and as visibly and ostentatiously and pridefully as he could, plunked it down before the altar as his offering - making sure everybody could see and fawn over him and think him just the greatest ever. Probably even funded the opera and the ballet, too, bless him! In the same parable, Jesus then described a lonely impoverished widow who hid over on the side in the shadows, embarrassed that all she had for her offering to the Temple was a single measly coin. And she was ashamed, but she gave it, 'cause that was all she had to contribute. Jesus's moral to that story was to ask the question - whose offering do you think pleased God the Father more? And here's a hint - it sure wasn't the big-ass pompous wealthy show-off.

There was, of course, a group of rich folks and primordial capitalists who also got Our Lord's attention - the money-changers whom he drove OUT of the Temple. Didn't want the money-mongers anywhere near there. It was one of only two examples in the Gospels that I can remember where Jesus threw a temper tantrum. As the story goes, He also got mad at a fig tree but I always thought that one was kinda weird.

[DhhD]

35. Serial Killing by a budget getting worse and worse every time it is trophied by the House majority.

[TRoN33]

6. Ryan always proud to tout himself as being honest and sincere.

By that, he is all for wealth and powerful. It's all about power and control.

[demigoddess]

32. I wonder what he sees

when he looks at himself in the mirror. God? Zeus? the most beautiful man in the world?

[MADem]

7. Great if you're a millionaire, I guess....

Say, if money = speech, how long before money = votes? How much is a vote worth? All those corporations, pooling their money....why not skip the middleman and just BUY those votes? I'll bet they could get a five-four decision to support that if they asked the Supremes right about now....

[1StrongBlackMan]

10. This ...

if money = speech, how long before money = votes?

Has already been proposed (http://money.cnn.com/2014/02/14/investing/tom-perkins-vote/) ... and frightfully, the media was largely silent.

[MADem]

14. How long before some of us only are worth half a vote, or thereabouts?

I say--and continue to say, Supremes be damned--that if money is speech, some of us are muzzled.

That ain't right.

[1StrongBlackMan]

15. Well ...

history already had my Great, Great Grand-father 3/5ths of a man.

[MADem]

19. Ummmm hmmmm....I'm just saying, I'm not always a fan of that

"Everything old is new again" schtick....!!

[1StrongBlackMan]

8. Great Summation ...

How do we make this go viral?

[JDPriestly]

27. Check out my KOCH REWARDS PROGRAM idea here:

[tofuandbeer]

11. It's Paul Koch-Ryan's budget.

[geretogo]

12. Ryan has learned very well how to turn a first world country into a third world country .

[antigop]

13. didn't it also raise the Medicare eligibility age from 65 to 67 for people 55 and under?

That should be a bullet item as well.

[chknltl]

16. Takes from the poor and gives to the rich!

Those programs being slashed are programs that are aimed at helping poor to middle class citizens, the majority of the citizenry currently. Added to the Ryan Plan are tax cuts on the wealthy which of course puts more money into the hands of those who already have the bulk of America's financial wealth which is a very small minority of the citizenry.

Tax dollars have to come from somewhere and the Ryan Plan ensures that less of those dollars come from those who can afford it, leaving those who can least afford it stuck with the bill for those needed tax dollars. Senator Sanders calls this; "Balancing the budget on the backs of the poor".

Basically the Ryan Plan takes from the poor and gives to the rich.

[SoapBox]

17. This creep is scum.

Never fails to amaze me how PukeBaggers hate Americans.

[SummerSnow]

21. They just need to go and make their own country.

let Ryan and his ilk become their leaders

[LoisB]

18. How did he get a reputation as a smart, numbers guy? I have listened to him and in

my humble opinion, he knows Accounting/Budget words but has no idea what they mean.

[arcane1]

29. That was all PR, a media creation.

[randr]

20. Ryan is stealing from the American public

He knows he is only playing for a handful of donors and that this plan, like the last, will never ever be passed. He is sitting on his ass making up bull shit and collecting a salary on our account.
If any one Republican really had to "work" for the private sector, they would have been long gone.

[WillyT]

22. K & R !!!

[AngryDem001]

23. About the middle-class tax hike.......

I thought that all repukes signed the stupid Grover Norquist pledge to never raise taxes in any way shape or form.

Or has that been amended to say "Don't raise taxes on the WEALTHY"?

[calimary]

25. Welcome to DU, AngryDem001!

Glad you're here! I think it was probably unspoken - OF COURSE you don't raise taxes on the wealthy!!! What the hell are you THINKING????? That is just a given! It goes without saying! Thou shalt not touch the rich! Everybody else can be pawed and beaten up and ham-handed, bankrupted, ousted from their homes, arrested and hauled off to jail or better yet, prison. But don't you dare lay a hand on the rich! Btw - if you ever had any doubts about it, THAT is what they mean by "getting the government off your back." You're supposed to get the government off the backs of the rich and the corporations and the capitalists and the mercenary class. They're the ones whose privacy you're supposed to respect.

[JDPriestly]

26. The Republicans get lots of KOCH REWARDS PROGRAM points on this one.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024809583

Wants to cut Social Security -- 1 point
Wants to cut Food Stamps (today's welfare) -- 1 point
Wants to cut taxes on millionaires -- 1 point

Wants to cut other programs that would have been considered welfare in 1980:

Wants to cut Medicaid -- 1 point
Wants to cut Job training -- 1 point
Wants to cut Pell Grants -- 1 point
Wants to cut Housing assistance -- 1 point
Wants to cut Early Education -- 1 point

8 points that quickly. Let's save up our KOCH REWARDS POINTS so we can show the Supreme Court justices that, yes, candidates for public office can be bought.

Watch this moment in the KOCH REWARDS PROGRAM run-up:

[Turbineguy]

28. With the self-destructiveness of the American electorate,

voter suppression and the Supreme Court, they're in with a chance.

[Cha]

30. Little Eddie Muesnster couldn't see the TREE for the Forest..

Thank you, EarlG!

[Iris]

31. Also - cut grants to museums and libraries. Take the gov't out of libraries. Let Corporate America

decide what you can read and what information you can have access to.

[blkmusclmachine]

33. ,

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[rickyhall]

34. I'm generally anti violence

but I wish someone would shoot that sorry son of a bitch and all the bastards who voted for his budget

[elzenmahn]

37. No, come on...

...I don't wish death on any of these people. The emotion may be understandable, but it gets us nowhere.

As I've said in other posts - not voting means you're concurring with this crap. GET OUT AND VOTE!!!!!!!!

[rickyhall]

45. Battle fatigue

I always vote, but sometimes I grow tired of the endless rw cacophony.

[elzenmahn]

47. I share your frustration...

...and believe me, it's depressing as well when all you hear on the radio or see on the TV is conserva-crap or pretend, weak-kneed liberalism.

I just want to be careful that we don't give the RW any rhetorical weapons. As you know, people like Laura Ingraham, Limbaugh, and others, have been trying to push the "liberals gone wild" meme for years (remember Michelle Malkin's book from years back?), and they feed on statements that could be interpreted as advocating violence or other extreme measures. In fact, they try to provoke those types of statements from the left - which I believe is part of the reason why Foxy Noise and other outlets drag out Ann Coulter and her ilk.

[mississippi62]

53. Violence is for losers

That's why there is so much tough talk coming from white RW - they know that this is their last stand. Increasing non-white population in the U.S. and liberal attitudes in millenials mean that their days are numbered.

[elzenmahn]

36. This is what you get when you DON'T GET TO THE POLLS AND VOTE!!!!!!!!!!!

Not voting means you're concurring with this crap.

Bring a gas mask, hold your nose, whatever you have to do...but please VOTE!!!!!!!!

[tofuandbeer]

38. It's so ironic that Ryan looks like a Muppet—as did Romney.

Each time I see them, I think of Muppets. I can't put a finger on which puppets, though.

[yuiyoshida]

39. If Republicans get their way it will be a corporate dictatorship...

The only thing to figure out is which Corporation will be the one on top? Everyone below the 1% will have to claw and fight for what they need. There will bodies in the streets, like so much litter.

[KansDem]

40. Therein lies the rub...

...which Corporation will be the one on top?

We'll move to a new level of "war" once the plutocrats assume complete control. Then they'll duke it out to see which corporation will rule supreme.

I don't know where "We the People" will fit into all of this. Perhaps as corporate soldiers?

[elzenmahn]

48. I think we're already there...

...look at the lobbying industry that has cropped up in Washington and other state capitals. Not to mention the oh-so-carefully worded messages on MSM, so that lefty messages and movements like Occupy and Moral Monday get next-to-zilch coverage.

[CrispyQ]

41. Everytime I see his smug face I want to smack the smugness off of it.

Who votes for this asshole?

[elzenmahn]

49. The a**holes in his district...

...which, I believe, has been gerrymandered to make it super-safe for this hypocritical child-of-entitlement.

[CrispyQ]

50. I think if we could fix gerrymandering,

in spite of corporate cash, electronic voting & a compromised media, we could take back our govt.

[L0oniX]

42. I hate seeing Ryan's face on DU in the morning ...or anytime.

[santamargarita]

43. Have I said today how much I despise this goddamn bunch?

[Initech]

44. Paul Ryan is a humongous piece of shit.

Thank you Jesus, Buddha, Muhammad, Allah, Abraham, Krishna, Joseph Smith, Xenu, Confucius, Darwin, and the Flying Spaghetti Monster that this monster did not become vice president.

[Junkdrawer]

46. Eddie Munster all growed up....

What would Lily say?

[PatrynXX]

51. main issue is

veto proof majority. thats what they want. President would veto that of course. But be careful they might want the jugular. Veto proof majority . but they can't break the law and repealing the ACA is illegal so have no idea how they'd do it.

[SmittynMo]

52. Imagine where we'd be if he was VP.

OMG, it makes me sick to my stomach.