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GOP Budget Plan to Cut More Than $4 Trillion Over Decade, Rep. Ryan Says
FoxNews ^ | April 3, 2011

Posted on 04/03/2011 7:32:59 AM PDT by maggief

The Republican chairman of the House Budget Committee said his party's budget proposal for 2012 would cut deficits by more than $4 trillion over the next decade, vowing to tackle costly entitlements like Medicare and Medicaid.

The proposal, set to be unveiled Tuesday, would serve as the Republicans' official response to President Obama's proposed $3.7 trillion budget for 2012. The White House claims its plan would cut deficits by $1.1 trillion over a decade.

But Ryan, R-Wis., in an interview with "Fox News Sunday," accused Obama of "punting" and said Republicans' plan would exceed the fiscal goals set by the president's fiscal commission -- which issued a report calling for $4 trillion in cuts. That report never made it out of committee.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: budget; fail; keepryan; reform; replaceryan
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1 posted on 04/03/2011 7:33:01 AM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief

Will America survive that long?
I’ll believe it when I see it!


2 posted on 04/03/2011 7:37:36 AM PDT by timetostand (Ya say ya wanna revolution -- OK!)
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To: maggief

The GOP is long on promises. But when it comes time to actually do something, they choke!


3 posted on 04/03/2011 7:39:09 AM PDT by DakotaGator (Weep for the lost Republic! And keep your powder dry!!)
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To: maggief
I am so tired of hearing about the next decade or the next two decades. It NEVER works out like they say it will. Tell me about TOMORROW and next week. THIS budget year, not what you say you will do down the road. It's like the obese person who's eating Krispy Kreme donuts and vowing they will go on a diet TOMORROW.

When I see a forecast talking about what will be saved over the next decade I know I'm hearing spin. Or more correctly BS.

4 posted on 04/03/2011 7:41:15 AM PDT by jwparkerjr (I would rather lose with Sarah than win with a RINO!)
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To: maggief

Means nothing if they don’t front load the cuts.


5 posted on 04/03/2011 7:41:31 AM PDT by NewHampshireDuo
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To: maggief

Stop ALL foreign aid!


6 posted on 04/03/2011 7:42:38 AM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: DakotaGator

Let me see, we cannot seem to get an agreement on budget cuts for the current year...so, why do I believe there will be a better deal when we begin discussing next year’s budget which will be demigoged by Ohau through the entire election process? No just keep sending forward cuts NOW, no agreement, shut the place down as soon as we get to the debt limit. Argue from strength, not from weakness. Never go to a war of words on budget cutting with a weak back bone.


7 posted on 04/03/2011 7:44:09 AM PDT by Mouton (Government expands to fill any voids in freedom.)
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To: maggief

The 4 Trillion still leaves us about 10 Trillion too short.

We must cut and reform the big entitlements, such as Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid (or raise taxes by a huge amount).

Without doing the above, the dollar crashes, and it’s GAME OVER for the US as an economic superpower.

But judging from the reception that I get here when I bring up Social Security reform at this so-called conservative site (i.e., make it into a means-tested welfare program), it AIN’T GOING TO HAPPEN.

...so get ready for a ride to the bottom.


8 posted on 04/03/2011 7:44:49 AM PDT by BobL (PLEASE READ: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2657811/posts))
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To: jwparkerjr

Yeah, this whole “next decade” is a fool’s errand. The next Congress could simply rewrite the law. Cut this year. Now!


9 posted on 04/03/2011 7:46:35 AM PDT by raybbr (People who still support Obama are either a Marxist or a moron.)
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To: timetostand

GOPBS. Phantom Saving. I will believe it when I see Federal Agencies eliminated. Otherwise GTH GOP. They just want to be Capt. of the Titanic instead of Obama.


10 posted on 04/03/2011 7:48:11 AM PDT by screaminsunshine (Obama Sucks)
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To: maggief
Ryan said the changes to Medicare and Medicaid would not reduce spending on those programs. Rather, he said, they would slow their rate of growth from an otherwise "unsustainable" trajectory.

Same old, same old. Too little, too late.

11 posted on 04/03/2011 7:48:11 AM PDT by ecomcon
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To: maggief

Amounts to wishful thinking due to kamikaze democrats and libtards.... =.=


12 posted on 04/03/2011 7:48:51 AM PDT by cranked
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To: ecomcon

They Young Guns are shooting blanks. If that.


13 posted on 04/03/2011 7:49:13 AM PDT by screaminsunshine (Obama Sucks)
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To: maggief

What I can’t understand is why we can’t ramp it down two trillion in two years. We added a trillion dollars per year to the budget over the past two years. Why can’t that simply be rolled back? The GOP is playing on the Dems turf here.


14 posted on 04/03/2011 7:51:15 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("The time will come when Winter will ask you what you were doing all Summer" -- Henry Clay)
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To: BobL

right. 4 trillion is chicken feed.


15 posted on 04/03/2011 7:51:55 AM PDT by stickywillie
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To: stickywillie

“right. 4 trillion is chicken feed.”

No, it’s real money, but just not nearly enough for this mess.


16 posted on 04/03/2011 7:54:02 AM PDT by BobL (PLEASE READ: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2657811/posts))
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To: maggief

Over the next decade? How about the next year??


17 posted on 04/03/2011 7:58:31 AM PDT by NoGrayZone (“Too often, Republicans have the fighting instinct of sheep"...RUN SARAH RUN!!)
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To: maggief

Another frigging joke, the last newt glide path worked at real well, could we just contract out congress to some illegals and save a ton of money.


18 posted on 04/03/2011 8:01:50 AM PDT by org.whodat
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To: maggief

Fail.

Cut 4 Trillion TODAY or be replaced.


19 posted on 04/03/2011 8:10:06 AM PDT by NoLibZone (Impeach Obama & try him for treason / Homosexuals reject diversity / Unions finally caught for theft)
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To: maggief
Ryan said Sunday that the GOP proposal would reform the tax code but focus on spending cuts and entitlement reform to achieve savings.

"We don't have a tax problem," Ryan said. "We have got to stop spending money we don't have."

Fire Ryan.

20 posted on 04/03/2011 8:13:42 AM PDT by NoLibZone (Impeach Obama & try him for treason / Homosexuals reject diversity / Unions finally caught for theft)
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