Paul Ryan's 'Path To Prosperity' Hurts Americans In These 10 Ways

[dinar_stud]

Paul Ryan's 'Path To Prosperity' Hurts Americans In These 10 Ways

Paul Ryan's budget proposals have earned him recognition from his fellow party members in Congress, and the presumed Republican vice presidential nominee's plans could have far-reaching effects on the American people if signed into law.

In Ryan's 2010 "Roadmap for America's Future" and the more recent "Path to Prosperity" in 2012, the Wisconsin congressman has laid out his vision for the role of the U.S. government and the future of federal entitlement programs.

Under Ryan's most recent proposal, the way Americans pay taxes would be markedly different. Taxpayers would fit into two tax brackets: Individuals falling in the top tax bracket would pay a rate of 25 percent, while those who fall into the lower bracket would pay 10 percent. (Ryan's 2010 Roadmap plan went further, eliminating all taxes on capital gains, inheritance and interest. Such cuts would have permitted individuals like Mitt Romney, who derives much of his income from those sources, to get away with paying nothing in taxes.)

To balance Ryan's proposed $4 trillion in tax cuts, many federal programs would have to be drastically revamped. The Atlantic's Derek Thompson estimates 40 percent cuts in transportation and education spending, and 24 percent cuts to veterans' programs, among others.

Medicare and Social Security would also face "reform" under the Ryan plan. Medicare beneficiaries, for example, would receive financial support from the government to purchase private health insurance coverage starting in 2023. Ryan's proposal could also mean that 44 million fewer people would be covered under Medicaid, CBS News reports.

Below are some of the ways Ryan's budget would affect you:

1. Wealthy Benefit Most From Tax Cuts

Paul Ryan's most recent budget proposal would save those making between $20,000 and $30,000 just $246 in taxes, compared to savings of $265,011 for those who make over $1 million, according to analysis from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

2. Health Care Cuts

The "Path to Prosperity" would cut $2.4 trillion from Medicaid and other health care programs for people with low or moderate incomes, according to analysis from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

3. Fewer People Covered By Medicaid

Under Ryan's "Path to Prosperity" as many as 44 million fewer people would be covered under Medicaid, according to CBS News.

4. Reduced Health Care For Retirees

Ryan would raise the age of Medicare eligibility from 65 to 67. If the Affordable Care Act was repealed, something Romney has pledge, that means many 65- and 66-year-olds would be left uninsured, the CBPP reports.

5. Seniors Would Pay More For Health Coverage

Under Ryan's "Path to Prosperity," senior citizens would have to pay as much as 68 percent of their health care coverage, up from 25 percent today, CBS News reports.

6. Cuts To Food Stamp Programs

Ryan's proposed "Path to Prosperity" includes $134 billion in cuts to SNAP, according to analysis from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

7. Lower Tax Credit For Single Moms

A single mother of two working full time at the minimum wage would have her Child Tax Credit cut by more than $1,500, assuming she made $14,500 a year, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

8. Less Money For Education

Compared to the most recent White House budget proposal, Ryan's budget spends 33 percent less on education, training, employment and social services, the Washington Post reports.

9. Poor Weather Forecasts

Ryan's proposed cuts to environment and natural resource programs could result in weather forecasts being only half as accurate, according to Third Way's budget expert, David Kendall. "For many people planning a weekend outdoors, they may have to wait until Thursday for a forecast as accurate as one they now get on Monday," he's quoted as saying in the Washington Post.

10. No Raises For Government Workers

The current government worker pay freeze would be extended under the "Path to Prosperity," meaning public-sector employees wouldn't get a raise until at least 2015, the Washington Post reports.

[cris]

More granny off-the-cliff demagoguery: Congressional Dems smear Paul Ryan with Mediscare lie; Update: More Mediscare tactics in new Obama video

Make sure your elderly loved ones/friends know the @dccc is shamelessly using #Mediscare tactics --->

Another day, another brazen lie from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Earlier this month, the DCCC was forced to retract the smear that Republican Sheldon Adelson donated to GOP groups using money from a Chinese prostitution ring.

Now that Paul Ryan has entered the race as Mitt Romney’s running mate, DCCC demagogues are trotting out the tired falsehood that Ryan is a heartless monster who wants to wheel granny off a cliff. And they’re shamelessly promoting a “Save Medicare, Vote Democrat” sticker.

The Democrats changed Medicare when they made $700+ billion in cuts to fund Obamacare

The Democrats changed "Medicare as we know it."

Twitchy debunked the Left’s Medicare disinformation campaign here. The Democrats’ over-the-top Mediscare lies are so outrageous that even left-leaning Politifact named their deception the Lie of the Year in 2011.

Paul Ryan wants to reform Medicare to preserve it for future generations. And it’s President Obama’s Affordable Care Act that’s driving doctors to reject new Medicare and Medicaid patients. That’s right, Obama is the Medicare killer.

The Obama campaign is using elderly Floridians to push the lie that Romney and Ryan would end the social safety net. Oddly enough, no mention of the president’s Medicare cuts.

Is this the best that the Democratic Party can do? Really? They slash $700 billion from medicare and have done absolutely nothing to try and solve its problem of going completely broke and then slander Paul Ryan for actually doing something that will save it. Then they get brainless Floridians who do not look up the FACTS to go out and spread their lies. Democrats, What is your plan to save medicare? To save social security? We have been waiting for 3 years since Hopey -Changey took office and it appears we will continue to wait because you dont have a plan........absolutely nothing.

[krome2ez]

Paul Ryan's 'Path To Prosperity' Hurts Americans In These 10 Ways

Paul Ryan's budget proposals have earned him recognition from his fellow party members in Congress, and the presumed Republican vice presidential nominee's plans could have far-reaching effects on the American people if signed into law.

In Ryan's 2010 "Roadmap for America's Future" and the more recent "Path to Prosperity" in 2012, the Wisconsin congressman has laid out his vision for the role of the U.S. government and the future of federal entitlement programs.

Under Ryan's most recent proposal, the way Americans pay taxes would be markedly different. Taxpayers would fit into two tax brackets: Individuals falling in the top tax bracket would pay a rate of 25 percent, while those who fall into the lower bracket would pay 10 percent. (Ryan's 2010 Roadmap plan went further, eliminating all taxes on capital gains, inheritance and interest. Such cuts would have permitted individuals like Mitt Romney, who derives much of his income from those sources, to get away with paying nothing in taxes.) As well as everyone else who invests thier hard earned and previously taxed money. Sounds good to me.

To balance Ryan's proposed $4 trillion in tax cuts, many federal programs would have to be drastically revamped. The Atlantic's Derek Thompson estimates 40 percent cuts in transportation and education spending, and 24 percent cuts to veterans' programs, among others. Wow, cut the waste. I like that idea too. In fact, get rid of the Dept of Education entirely. Let the states take care of it, just like we did before ole Jimmy Carter.

Medicare and Social Security would also face "reform" under the Ryan plan. Medicare beneficiaries, for example, would receive financial support from the government to purchase private health insurance coverage starting in 2023. Ryan's proposal could also mean that 44 million fewer people would be covered under Medicaid, CBS News reports. Reform or Medicare goes defunct. If your over 55yo, there is no change. And BTW Obamacare rapes Medicare of $700 billion. hmmmmm.

Below are some of the ways Ryan's budget would affect you:

1. Wealthy Benefit Most From Tax Cuts

Paul Ryan's most recent budget proposal would save those making between $20,000 and $30,000 just $246 in taxes, compared to savings of $265,011 for those who make over $1 million, according to analysis from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Well, duh and duh. They PAY the most, so of course they would benifit the most. Most small business owners fall into the "rich" catagory, and giving them a tax break will lead to more jobs. More jobs, more people paying income taxes, and less of a burden from welfare and unemployment.

2. Health Care Cuts

The "Path to Prosperity" would cut $2.4 trillion from Medicaid and other health care programs for people with low or moderate incomes, according to analysis from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

3. Fewer People Covered By Medicaid

Under Ryan's "Path to Prosperity" as many as 44 million fewer people would be covered under Medicaid, according to CBS News.

4. Reduced Health Care For Retirees

Ryan would raise the age of Medicare eligibility from 65 to 67. If the Affordable Care Act was repealed, something Romney has pledge, that means many 65- and 66-year-olds would be left uninsured, the CBPP reports.

30,000,000 left uninsured with the Affordable Care Act. An act that will banrupt America and do far worse than what we already have. Ryan has a plan to make Health Care Affordable for all. We don't need a beurocratic system telling our Dr's what to do.

5. Seniors Would Pay More For Health Coverage

Under Ryan's "Path to Prosperity," senior citizens would have to pay as much as 68 percent of their health care coverage, up from 25 percent today, CBS News reports.

6. Cuts To Food Stamp Programs

Ryan's proposed "Path to Prosperity" includes $134 billion in cuts to SNAP, according to analysis from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

7. Lower Tax Credit For Single Moms

A single mother of two working full time at the minimum wage would have her Child Tax Credit cut by more than $1,500, assuming she made $14,500 a year, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

8. Less Money For Education

Compared to the most recent White House budget proposal, Ryan's budget spends 33 percent less on education, training, employment and social services, the Washington Post reports. Again, where is it the Federal Gov't responsibility for your education??

9. Poor Weather Forecasts

Ryan's proposed cuts to environment and natural resource programs could result in weather forecasts being only half as accurate, according to Third Way's budget expert, David Kendall. "For many people planning a weekend outdoors, they may have to wait until Thursday for a forecast as accurate as one they now get on Monday," he's quoted as saying in the Washington Post. Are you frig'n serious?

10. No Raises For Government Workers

The current government worker pay freeze would be extended under the "Path to Prosperity," meaning public-sector employees wouldn't get a raise until at least 2015, the Washington Post reports.

Fantastic!!! The average Government worker makes double the private sector. Averaging over $70,000 per year.

Edited August 14, 2012 by krome2ez

[kiteman]

More granny off-the-cliff demagoguery: Congressional Dems smear Paul Ryan with Mediscare lie; Update: More Mediscare tactics in new Obama video

Make sure your elderly loved ones/friends know the @dccc is shamelessly using #Mediscare tactics --->

Another day, another brazen lie from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Earlier this month, the DCCC was forced to retract the smear that Republican Sheldon Adelson donated to GOP groups using money from a Chinese prostitution ring.

Now that Paul Ryan has entered the race as Mitt Romney’s running mate, DCCC demagogues are trotting out the tired falsehood that Ryan is a heartless monster who wants to wheel granny off a cliff. And they’re shamelessly promoting a “Save Medicare, Vote Democrat” sticker.

The Democrats changed Medicare when they made $700+ billion in cuts to fund Obamacare

The Democrats changed "Medicare as we know it."

Twitchy debunked the Left’s Medicare disinformation campaign here. The Democrats’ over-the-top Mediscare lies are so outrageous that even left-leaning Politifact named their deception the Lie of the Year in 2011.

Paul Ryan wants to reform Medicare to preserve it for future generations. And it’s President Obama’s Affordable Care Act that’s driving doctors to reject new Medicare and Medicaid patients. That’s right, Obama is the Medicare killer.

The Obama campaign is using elderly Floridians to push the lie that Romney and Ryan would end the social safety net. Oddly enough, no mention of the president’s Medicare cuts.

Is this the best that the Democratic Party can do? Really? They slash $700 billion from medicare and have done absolutely nothing to try and solve its problem of going completely broke and then slander Paul Ryan for actually doing something that will save it. Then they get brainless Floridians who do not look up the FACTS to go out and spread their lies. Democrats, What is your plan to save medicare? To save social security? We have been waiting for 3 years since Hopey -Changey took office and it appears we will continue to wait because you dont have a plan........absolutely nothing.

Ummmmmm....... Just so you know, the Ryan budget does the exact same thing!

From the Miami Herald:

President Obama he cut Medicare, Romney noted.

“The president's idea, for instance, for Medicare was to cut it by $700 billion. That’s not the right answer,” Romney said. “We want to make sure that we preserve and protect Medicare.”

But Romney’s criticism of the Medicare cuts also boomerangs on his newly chosen running mate, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, who implicitly voted for the same Medicare cuts as president Obama’s health plan known as ObamaCare.

Under the 2011 Ryan plan bill approved by nearly every House Republican, ObamaCare would have been repealed almost entirely – except when it came to the Medicare reductions in future reimbursement rates to hospitals and drug and insurance companies.

So Medicare’s bottom-line spending would have been about the same under ObamaCare or under what some are now calling RyanCare.

Read more here: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2012/08/romney-goes-on-offense-over-700-billion-in-medicare-cuts-will-it-be-a-boomerang-a-sword-or-a-shield.html#storylink=cpy

So Romney and Ryan are out there wailing away about Obama cutting $700B from Medicare, but Mr. Ryan loved that cut so much that he left it in his budget !!!! They rail about the President doing something that they want to do!

Are these two for real? Do they not think that most of America has the internet right now and can do some research. It took less than 24 hours after the 60 Minutes interview for this little gem to be debunked and thrown right back at them.

[mrmcwhipit]

More demorat BS , like Obama hasnt hurt americans,OMG

He is just getting warmed up. Wake up.

[kiteman]

More demorat BS , like Obama hasnt hurt americans,OMG

He is just getting warmed up. Wake up.

So if it's BS, show me where I'm wrong........

Here's your chance to dispell the myth and show us where my article is flawed and score some points for your candidate.

[jonjon]

This plan will be such a major benefit that we will need to pass it so we will understand what is in it.

[gp49]

I AM GRANNY and it isn't Paul Ryan pushing me and my Beloved America off the cliff!

RP would have certainly been better for USA but now it is time for those of us who love America to take off the blinders and see what has really going on and get rid of this anti American person who is in our Whitehouse and if it takes a vote for Romney, so be it. It is a small price to pay to save our country.

It makes me sad to see so many obama lovers who can't see what is happening. I don't know why people are blindly following him but I do know that if he gets 4 more years, it will be a disaster for America as we know it now.

[Frogee]

So if it's BS, show me where I'm wrong........

Here's your chance to dispell the myth and show us where my article is flawed and score some points for your candidate.

From another article on DV right now

"A critical comment about Medicare by vice presidential pick Paul Ryan was curiously edited out of the “60 Minutes” interview which aired on Sunday night, HotAir.com reported.

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and Ryan were interviewed for the program by Bob Schieffer of CBS News, who referred to a newspaper headline in Florida saying Ryan hurts Romney in the state because of his Medicare plan.

“There’s only one president that I know of in history that robbed Medicare, $716 billion to pay for a new risky program of his own that we call Obamacare,” Romney told Schieffer. “What Paul Ryan and I have talked about is saving Medicare, is providing people greater choice in Medicare, making sure it’s there for current seniors. No changes, by the way, for current seniors, or those nearing retirement. But looking for young people down the road and saying, ‘We’re going to give you a bigger choice.’ In America, the nature of this country has been giving people more freedom, more choices. That’s how we make Medicare work down the road.”

According to HotAir.com, the following remark by Ryan was cut and did not air but is crucial in explaining to viewers, especially Florida seniors, that his plan does not affect senior citizens and that his own mother is a Medicare senior.

“My mom is a Medicare senior in Florida,” Ryan said. “Our point is we need to preserve their benefits, because government made promises to them that they’ve organized their retirements around. In order to make sure we can do that, you must reform it for those of us who are younger. And we think these reforms are good reforms that have bipartisan origins. They started from the Clinton commission in the late ’90s.”

HotAir.com called the broadcast cut “journalistic malpractice.”

“Ryan’s plan doesn’t affect those already eligible for Medicare,” Ed Morrissey of HotAir.com wrote. “In fact, one of the conservative criticisms of the plan was that he didn’t give current Medicare recipients the option to choose a private-insurance plan, as younger Americans will get once they become eligible. That’s a pretty newsworthy detail, no?”

Read more:

You want the truth? You can't handle the truth! (Jack Nicholson, "A Few Good Men")

[kiteman]

From another article on DV right now

"A critical comment about Medicare by vice presidential pick Paul Ryan was curiously edited out of the “60 Minutes” interview which aired on Sunday night, HotAir.com reported.

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and Ryan were interviewed for the program by Bob Schieffer of CBS News, who referred to a newspaper headline in Florida saying Ryan hurts Romney in the state because of his Medicare plan.

“There’s only one president that I know of in history that robbed Medicare, $716 billion to pay for a new risky program of his own that we call Obamacare,” Romney told Schieffer. “What Paul Ryan and I have talked about is saving Medicare, is providing people greater choice in Medicare, making sure it’s there for current seniors. No changes, by the way, for current seniors, or those nearing retirement. But looking for young people down the road and saying, ‘We’re going to give you a bigger choice.’ In America, the nature of this country has been giving people more freedom, more choices. That’s how we make Medicare work down the road.”

According to HotAir.com, the following remark by Ryan was cut and did not air but is crucial in explaining to viewers, especially Florida seniors, that his plan does not affect senior citizens and that his own mother is a Medicare senior.

“My mom is a Medicare senior in Florida,” Ryan said. “Our point is we need to preserve their benefits, because government made promises to them that they’ve organized their retirements around. In order to make sure we can do that, you must reform it for those of us who are younger. And we think these reforms are good reforms that have bipartisan origins. They started from the Clinton commission in the late ’90s.”

HotAir.com called the broadcast cut “journalistic malpractice.”

“Ryan’s plan doesn’t affect those already eligible for Medicare,” Ed Morrissey of HotAir.com wrote. “In fact, one of the conservative criticisms of the plan was that he didn’t give current Medicare recipients the option to choose a private-insurance plan, as younger Americans will get once they become eligible. That’s a pretty newsworthy detail, no?”

Read more: http://dinarvets.com.../#ixzz23Wzfzvle

You want the truth? You can't handle the truth! (Jack Nicholson, "A Few Good Men")

Yeah, I posted on that thread too....... Showed how the statement I bolded above is also a little bit of lie also. Ryan's budget removes the "Donut Hole" for prescription medications for current Medicare enrollee's. So it does effect those currently on Medicare.

You all need to research these guys. 5 minutes on the internet will debunk what they are saying. Just the same as you can do for the Democrats........

[dinar_stud]

From another article on DV right now

"A critical comment about Medicare by vice presidential pick Paul Ryan was curiously edited out of the “60 Minutes” interview which aired on Sunday night, HotAir.com reported.

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and Ryan were interviewed for the program by Bob Schieffer of CBS News, who referred to a newspaper headline in Florida saying Ryan hurts Romney in the state because of his Medicare plan.

“There’s only one president that I know of in history that robbed Medicare, $716 billion to pay for a new risky program of his own that we call Obamacare,” Romney told Schieffer. “What Paul Ryan and I have talked about is saving Medicare, is providing people greater choice in Medicare, making sure it’s there for current seniors. No changes, by the way, for current seniors, or those nearing retirement. But looking for young people down the road and saying, ‘We’re going to give you a bigger choice.’ In America, the nature of this country has been giving people more freedom, more choices. That’s how we make Medicare work down the road.”

According to HotAir.com, the following remark by Ryan was cut and did not air but is crucial in explaining to viewers, especially Florida seniors, that his plan does not affect senior citizens and that his own mother is a Medicare senior.

“My mom is a Medicare senior in Florida,” Ryan said. “Our point is we need to preserve their benefits, because government made promises to them that they’ve organized their retirements around. In order to make sure we can do that, you must reform it for those of us who are younger. And we think these reforms are good reforms that have bipartisan origins. They started from the Clinton commission in the late ’90s.”

HotAir.com called the broadcast cut “journalistic malpractice.”

“Ryan’s plan doesn’t affect those already eligible for Medicare,” Ed Morrissey of HotAir.com wrote. “In fact, one of the conservative criticisms of the plan was that he didn’t give current Medicare recipients the option to choose a private-insurance plan, as younger Americans will get once they become eligible. That’s a pretty newsworthy detail, no?”

Read more:

You want the truth? You can't handle the truth! (Jack Nicholson, "A Few Good Men")

So what you are implying is that Ryan is the only one telling the truth and everybody else is lying???

I read the Paul Ryan Budget and do you know what I noticed?? Paul Ryan did not mention veterans, he is the person that is willing to drop our veterans to save the rich, Sorry but he is not good for America.

[Frogee]

Yeah, I posted on that thread too....... Showed how the statement I bolded above is also a little bit of lie also. Ryan's budget removes the "Donut Hole" for prescription medications for current Medicare enrollee's. So it does effect those currently on Medicare.

You all need to research these guys. 5 minutes on the internet will debunk what they are saying. Just the same as you can do for the Democrats........

Yea, and you can believe everything on the internet and what comes out of the lame stream press, right? I had to deal with the "Donut Hole" with both of my parents, and it was disastrous. If you don't know what it is let me explain. When a Medicare patient hits about $2400 in prescription costs, including what they pay, they go into the "Donut Hole" This means till they spend another $4500 (at that time), out of their pocket, Medicare will not pay any of their prescription costs. This is very bad on people with fixed incomes. So improving something is a change, but it is for the better, much better for Medicare patients.

So what you are implying is that Ryan is the only one telling the truth and everybody else is lying???

I read the Paul Ryan Budget and do you know what I noticed?? Paul Ryan did not mention veterans, he is the person that is willing to drop our veterans to save the rich, Sorry but he is not good for America.

I just tried to find Ryan's budget that was not an opinion piece or news report, do you have a link to the actual proposal, not some altered form?

[dinar_stud]

Yea, and you can believe everything on the internet and what comes out of the lame stream press, right? I had to deal with the "Donut Hole" with both of my parents, and it was disastrous. If you don't know what it is let me explain. When a Medicare patient hits about $2400 in prescription costs, including what they pay, they go into the "Donut Hole" This means till they spend another $4500 (at that time), out of their pocket, Medicare will not pay any of their prescription costs. This is very bad on people with fixed incomes. So improving something is a change, but it is for the better, much better for Medicare patients.

I just tried to find Ryan's budget that was not an opinion piece or news report, do you have a link to the actual proposal, not some altered form?

I googgled it after I read the assumption that he did not include veterans, funny how that assumption was true.

[mrmcwhipit]

Seems like its always demorats who are the

Sh t starters and usually its with a lie.

[Frogee]

I googgled it after I read the assumption that he did not include veterans, funny how that assumption was true.

Where's the link? Your comment on the "Donut Hole"?

Edited August 14, 2012 by Frogee

[dinar_stud]

Where's the link? Your comment on the "Donut Hole"?

Research, I do it

Seems like its always demorats who are the

Sh t starters and usually its with a lie.

You have not disproven with facts what has been posted, all you do is try to bash. Why is that??

[Frogee]

Research, I do it

You have not disproven with facts what has been posted, all you do is try to bash. Why is that??

I will try again to find the budget. What bashing? I just asked some questions, which seems to make you uncomfortable. When liberals start losing discussions, out come their play words, "raciest, homophobes, bigot, now basher.

[mrmcwhipit]

Research, I do it

You have not disproven with facts what has been posted, all you do is try to bash. Why is that??

Cuz your just here to start sh t with your posts

One after another , your not going to change

Anyones mind here so what gives? Now democrats

Are attacking ryans wife wtf? Business as usual i

Suppose. Try talking about dinar for a change.

[kiteman]

Yea, and you can believe everything on the internet and what comes out of the lame stream press, right? I had to deal with the "Donut Hole" with both of my parents, and it was disastrous. If you don't know what it is let me explain. When a Medicare patient hits about $2400 in prescription costs, including what they pay, they go into the "Donut Hole" This means till they spend another $4500 (at that time), out of their pocket, Medicare will not pay any of their prescription costs. This is very bad on people with fixed incomes. So improving something is a change, but it is for the better, much better for Medicare patients.

I just tried to find Ryan's budget that was not an opinion piece or news report, do you have a link to the actual proposal, not some altered form?

I completely agree with you, the Donut Hole is a bad deal! It was closed with the Affordable Care Act. If ya'll elect R&R, and they repeal the ACA, guess what? Right back into the Donut Hole go current Medicare users. So for them to say that the Ryan Budget and the Repeal of the Affordable Care act won't effect current Medicare seniors is misleading at best and a lie at worst.

Obama and the Democrats helped your parents with the Donut Hole. R&R want to throw them right back in it!

[TexasGranny]

Paul Ryan's Path to Prosperity Plan

This is a pdf document.

Path to Prosperity

Paul Ryan's position on veterans and their benefits.

Paul Ryan - Veterans & Military

[R2D2]

Paul Ryan's 'Path To Prosperity' Hurts Americans In These 10 Ways

Paul Ryan's budget proposals have earned him recognition from his fellow party members in Congress, and the presumed Republican vice presidential nominee's plans could have far-reaching effects on the American people if signed into law.

In Ryan's 2010 "Roadmap for America's Future" and the more recent "Path to Prosperity" in 2012, the Wisconsin congressman has laid out his vision for the role of the U.S. government and the future of federal entitlement programs.

Under Ryan's most recent proposal, the way Americans pay taxes would be markedly different. Taxpayers would fit into two tax brackets: Individuals falling in the top tax bracket would pay a rate of 25 percent, while those who fall into the lower bracket would pay 10 percent. (Ryan's 2010 Roadmap plan went further, eliminating all taxes on capital gains, inheritance and interest. Such cuts would have permitted individuals like Mitt Romney, who derives much of his income from those sources, to get away with paying nothing in taxes.)

To balance Ryan's proposed $4 trillion in tax cuts, many federal programs would have to be drastically revamped. The Atlantic's Derek Thompson estimates 40 percent cuts in transportation and education spending, and 24 percent cuts to veterans' programs, among others.

Medicare and Social Security would also face "reform" under the Ryan plan. Medicare beneficiaries, for example, would receive financial support from the government to purchase private health insurance coverage starting in 2023. Ryan's proposal could also mean that 44 million fewer people would be covered under Medicaid, CBS News reports.

Below are some of the ways Ryan's budget would affect you:

1. Wealthy Benefit Most From Tax Cuts

Paul Ryan's most recent budget proposal would save those making between $20,000 and $30,000 just $246 in taxes, compared to savings of $265,011 for those who make over $1 million, according to analysis from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

2. Health Care Cuts

The "Path to Prosperity" would cut $2.4 trillion from Medicaid and other health care programs for people with low or moderate incomes, according to analysis from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

3. Fewer People Covered By Medicaid

Under Ryan's "Path to Prosperity" as many as 44 million fewer people would be covered under Medicaid, according to CBS News.

4. Reduced Health Care For Retirees

Ryan would raise the age of Medicare eligibility from 65 to 67. If the Affordable Care Act was repealed, something Romney has pledge, that means many 65- and 66-year-olds would be left uninsured, the CBPP reports.

5. Seniors Would Pay More For Health Coverage

Under Ryan's "Path to Prosperity," senior citizens would have to pay as much as 68 percent of their health care coverage, up from 25 percent today, CBS News reports.

6. Cuts To Food Stamp Programs

Ryan's proposed "Path to Prosperity" includes $134 billion in cuts to SNAP, according to analysis from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

7. Lower Tax Credit For Single Moms

A single mother of two working full time at the minimum wage would have her Child Tax Credit cut by more than $1,500, assuming she made $14,500 a year, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

8. Less Money For Education

Compared to the most recent White House budget proposal, Ryan's budget spends 33 percent less on education, training, employment and social services, the Washington Post reports.

9. Poor Weather Forecasts

Ryan's proposed cuts to environment and natural resource programs could result in weather forecasts being only half as accurate, according to Third Way's budget expert, David Kendall. "For many people planning a weekend outdoors, they may have to wait until Thursday for a forecast as accurate as one they now get on Monday," he's quoted as saying in the Washington Post.

10. No Raises For Government Workers

The current government worker pay freeze would be extended under the "Path to Prosperity," meaning public-sector employees wouldn't get a raise until at least 2015, the Washington Post reports.

Granny you have out done your self here. All your points are orinanated from sources that most wold question their bias. You seem to be pushing more of the same old worn out sound bites. They are old worn out bites that just don't hold any water. Good try , we the people are tired of the reckless spending, ex. orders that infring on the Constutition, the mentality in the cesspool (dc) is just no longer palatable any longer. RESPECTFULLY, just my opinion.

Paul Ryan's Path to Prosperity Plan

This is a pdf document.

Path to Prosperity

Paul Ryan's position on veterans and their benefits.

Paul Ryan - Veterans & Military

Granny give it a rest already.

Research, I do it

You have not disproven with facts what has been posted, all you do is try to bash. Why is that??

Most of the time the BASHING, warranted. Get it?

[jonjon]

Even those that profess, understanding the dilemma of governments over spending use every means at their disposal to insight dissention against anyone with a solution for starting a process to recovery. The attitude of entitlement seems to be born in these people who evidently become dependents of the state or have always been.

[mrmcwhipit]

First problem is your listening to the lib news

Like cbs wash post etc , they are so in the tank for

Obama its obvious. Your basing alot of you gripes

Using them as your source of info what a joke.

If your liberal policies are so great why is the country

Doing so crappy now.? Oh i forgot its Bush s fault. Lol.

If Romney and Ryan get elected the economy will probably

Take off with new hirings and the stock marlet will soar.

All Obama wants is tax and spend. As soon as hes out

The economy will get better. IMO

[dinar_stud]

Cuz your just here to start sh t with your posts

One after another , your not going to change

Anyones mind here so what gives? Now democrats

Are attacking ryans wife wtf? Business as usual i

Suppose. Try talking about dinar for a change.

I don't do anybody's research that way I can not be accused of trying to lie to you, I post what I have found and what I have researched.

If you want to be spoon fed information and believe it because you are told to believe it, that's your prerogative, not mine. I challenge all information I see. If you call that "starting

sh t " its your opinion and that does not affect me in any way whatsoever.

[geman]

Ummmmmm....... Just so you know, the Ryan budget does the exact same thing!

From the Miami Herald:

President Obama he cut Medicare, Romney noted.

“The president's idea, for instance, for Medicare was to cut it by $700 billion. That’s not the right answer,” Romney said. “We want to make sure that we preserve and protect Medicare.”

But Romney’s criticism of the Medicare cuts also boomerangs on his newly chosen running mate, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, who implicitly voted for the same Medicare cuts as president Obama’s health plan known as ObamaCare.

Under the 2011 Ryan plan bill approved by nearly every House Republican, ObamaCare would have been repealed almost entirely – except when it came to the Medicare reductions in future reimbursement rates to hospitals and drug and insurance companies.

So Medicare’s bottom-line spending would have been about the same under ObamaCare or under what some are now calling RyanCare.

Read more here: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2012/08/romney-goes-on-offense-over-700-billion-in-medicare-cuts-will-it-be-a-boomerang-a-sword-or-a-shield.html#storylink=cpy

So Romney and Ryan are out there wailing away about Obama cutting $700B from Medicare, but Mr. Ryan loved that cut so much that he left it in his budget !!!! They rail about the President doing something that they want to do!

Are these two for real? Do they not think that most of America has the internet right now and can do some research. It took less than 24 hours after the 60 Minutes interview for this little gem to be debunked and thrown right back at them.

then if you enjoy the coolaid then keep him in office. the internet is there but that doesn't make it real. stop drinking and look at the frickin stats Obama has done a lousy job time to go. and if Romney does a lousy job it will be time for him to go as well.