Posted on 11/19/2014 7:33:10 AM PST by SeekAndFind
It’s “the single most important committee in Congress,” one former Representative tells WTMJ in Milwaukee, with its fingers in practically everything the federal government does. Tax reform? Ways and Means. Health care? Social Security? Ways and Means. And now the most visionary of the Republican fiscal reformers will chair the panel as all of these issues come to a head in the final two years of the Obama administration:
Ryan already is taking aim in all of these areas in his statement yesterday after winning the post in the House Republican leadership discussions:
Ryan, the GOP’s 2012 vice presidential nominee, has finally gotten a hold of a gavel he’s long sought and will head a committee that has jurisdiction over items — like the tax code, Medicare and Medicaid — that the Wisconsin Republican has overhauled in his budget blueprints.
Ryan told reporters on Tuesday that Camp “did a great job of raising the bar of what a successful Ways and Means chair looks like” and that he wanted to “utilize the strength of all our committee members.”
In a separate statement, Ryan said that the Ways and Means panel would be front-and-center as Republicans try to jumpstart an anemic recovery that has left many voters uneasy about the economy.
“We will work together to fix the tax code, hold the IRS accountable, strengthen Medicare and Social Security, repair the safety net, promote job-creating trade agreements, and determine how best to repeal and replace ObamaCare with patient-centered solutions,” Ryan said.
Tax reform has already been mentioned as a possible area of bipartisan action in the 114th Session. Republicans want far-reaching changes to both the corporate and individual income tax systems, considering the highly-leveraged status quo a major hindrance to job creation and real recovery. Ryan has a history of both bold proposals and bipartisan compromise to move legislation, the latter of which was more difficult when Democrats controlled the Senate and Ryan had to work with Patty Murray. This time, Ryan can work with a Republican to move his reform ideas, which will be Senator Orrin Hatch of Finance, who will take the gavel from Ron Wyden in January.
What about Ryan’s presidential aspirations? “One thing at a time,” Ryan said yesterday, but the platform could be both a boost and an anchor on those ambitions. It gives him a great platform on which to project himself if he can get a major reform tax bill passed, and especially if it gets signed into law. However, the compromises needed to get to that conclusion could dim support for Ryan, and the work needed to make law might be too much of a distraction in the months leading up to the presidential primaries. It would probably take until at least late summer to get a major reform of either tax system through the House and Senate, and longer if Ryan and Hatch try to tackle both systems. In the meantime, Ryan will also be fighting on the front lines of ObamaCare, and at the same time picking up the reins from Dave Camp on the IRS probe.
One thing at a time, indeed.
Open’s the door for Walker.
Ryan has the job he always wanted.
The former chair person of Ways and Means was none other than the tax evader who got away with a mere censure: Charlie Rangel, who is 84 years old and STILL get re-elected.
I’d like the IRS to punish me for not paying my taxes with a censure too...
The former chair person of Ways and Means was none other than the tax evader who got away with a mere censure: Charlie Rangel, who is 84 years old and STILL get re-elected.
I’d like the IRS to punish me for not paying my taxes with a censure too...
Good!
Now make my tax obligation ZERO...
Translation for those out in Rio Linda?
'We can do unconstitutional statist socialist stuff better than the Democrats.'
Ryan is clearly a part of the GOPe.
Very good news. The $phere is in your court, Paul.
...ask yourself ... are you better off than you were four years ago ........
Paul Ryan’s idea of fiscal conservatism is to slow the rate at which the national debt grows but continue deficit spending. Either financially illiterate or just another crony capitalist supporting wealth redistribution.
Pardon me if I don’t get my hopes up.
RE: Paul Ryan’s idea of fiscal conservatism is to slow the rate at which the national debt grows but continue deficit spending.
He was interviewed about it and knows that this is a problem. However, he explains that you can’t suddenly cancel all deficit spending in one shot without causing a huge and massive uproar (and probably cause the GOP to lose seats ). That would not be politically palatable.
Therefore, his plan is to do it slowly and steadily.
At least that’s how I understand his strategy as he espouses it.
The only problem is, There is no such thing as a 10 year budget, any projections are pure fantasy. Considering the vast majority of the moocher and looter class will never vote Republican, who cares if they get mad when the FREE STUFF goes away??
“Pardon me if I don’t get my hopes up.”
Very understandable. Time will tell quickly as his own words do not give confidence that anything will change. We’ll see how far down the rabbit hole we go.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…
DEPOPULATE socialists/progressives/marxists/totalitarians/RINOS/republicans/democrats/incumbents/liberals/criminals/liars/POS punks and con men from the body politic and your life.
DEFUND/DISMANTLE their collectives, agencies, departments, ngos, totalitarian care.
C’mon 2016
(might have to primary Paul)
YOU (and others in CONgre$$) DID build this, Paul…
Socialism Is Legal Plunder - Bastiat
18 trillion $trikes against the citizens of the republic are enough.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
—That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
So the job incentives you to spend, spend, spend. Seems like Ryan is on board.
Of course he is.
This is not good news.
Don’t forget that Paul Ryan is the guy who authored a budget which took from veterans and gave to illegal aliens.
This is not good news.
I agree. I don’t trust Lyin’ Ryan. He’s kissed up to the amnesty loving Luis Guitierrez AND Slick Willy, one too many times.
Bonehead selected Chaffetz, over Jordan, to lead the oversight panel.
Not sure how much of an improvement he’ll be over Issa. Guess he can’t be any worse.
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