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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsObama Camp: (Romney) Ryan Will ‘End Medicare As We Know It’
Obama Camp: Ryan Will End Medicare As We Know It
Obama campaign manager Jim Messina indicated in a statement that the budget Paul Ryan authored, which includes a plan to turn Medicare into a privatized voucher system, will be front and center in the race moving forward:
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/obama-camp-ryan-will-end-medicare-as-we
Obama campaign manager Jim Messina indicated in a statement that the budget Paul Ryan authored, which includes a plan to turn Medicare into a privatized voucher system, will be front and center in the race moving forward:
In naming Congressman Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney has chosen a leader of the House Republicans who shares his commitment to the flawed theory that new budget-busting tax cuts for the wealthy, while placing greater burdens on the middle class and seniors, will somehow deliver a stronger economy. The architect of the radical Republican House budget, Ryan, like Romney, proposed an additional $250,000 tax cut for millionaires, and deep cuts in education from Head Start to college aid. His plan also would end Medicare as we know it by turning it into a voucher system, shifting thousands of dollars in health care costs to seniors. As a member of Congress, Ryan rubber-stamped the reckless Bush economic policies that exploded our deficit and crashed our economy. Now the Romney-Ryan ticket would take us back by repeating the same, catastrophic mistakes.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/obama-camp-ryan-will-end-medicare-as-we
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Obama Camp: (Romney) Ryan Will ‘End Medicare As We Know It’ (Original Post)
ProSense
Aug 2012
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Putting the Ryan budget front and center in Presidential campaign will effect Congressional races
Bjorn Against
Aug 2012
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Bjorn Against
(12,041 posts)1. Putting the Ryan budget front and center in Presidential campaign will effect Congressional races
I bet Democrats running for Congress are even more happy about this pick than Obama is, this is going to bring huge amounts of attention to the Ryan budget and that is going to help Democratic congressional candidates big time.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)2. Obama needs to stop tacking on "as we know it" - they would simply end it.
Carolina
(6,960 posts)3. Agree, keep it
simple for the simple sheeple.
In fact, less is more: As a Congressman, Ryan proposed ending Medicare and student aid for education!
As Vice President, he'll do just that!