Is Paul Ryan the new Dr. Death?
First there was Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the popular apostle of the modern-day euthanasia movement. Now comes Republican tea party Catholic Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin. The newly appointed Republican vice presidential candidate, Ryan is the architect and "intellectual" driving force behind the Republicans' federal budget proposal, aptly called the Ryan Budget, that was rolled out in March. It has failed the U.S. bishops' moral criteria.
No amount of spinning and reframing of this dastardly document could possibly bring it within the outer orbit of the Catholic social teaching tradition, no matter how hard they try. And try they will.
CNN offered up a story over the weekend about five things to know about Ryan's economics.
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