VIDEO: Rep. Paul Ryan To Take On Social Security, Medicare In New Budget

RealClearPolitics ^ | February 28, 2011 | Paul Ryan

[Puzzleman]

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) appeared on the Monday night edition of FOX News' "Hannity." Rep. Ryan goes through several charts that project our debt, shows spending in FY 2010 and what he will propose in the budget for the next fiscal year...

[Puzzleman]

Video at the link.

[JNRoberts]

Any one take a guess on what age will be the cutoff for the new plan to take effect versus the current one? I’m 53 and hoping I make the cut to be eligible for the old one. :)

Also, what will be the “means testing” they are talking about? Net worth over certain amount, other income, etc?

[Defend Liberty]

If Ryan truly understood the problem with Social Security and Medicare, he would realize both are means to regulate income. He would also realize regulating income is not an enumerated power granted to Congress in Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution and therefore is Unconstitutional on the federal level and therefore is a power reserved to the states or to the people per the 10th Amendment!

[mac_truck]

The first entitlement program cut should be the last one enacted, the prescription drug plan for seniors.

[org.whodat]

Mr. Tarp Ryan has convinced me of one thing, he likes pissing on you and telling you it is raining.

[Daisyjane69]

I agree ten million percent with you!!!!!

Seniors, if you need to save on your prescriptions, order overseas:

www.northwestpharmacy.com
www.alldaychemist.com

Just to name a couple.

[Atlas Sneezed]

I support cutting, privatizing, opt-out options, or ending SS. But if it is to be maintained in any form, the retirement age should be floated annually to prevent ensure year-to-year break even solvency, as we enter the era of increasing deficits, with no end in site.

Future generations should not be bankrupted so that near future retirees can enjoy 25 years of healthy retirement, instead of 20.