Senate rejects Paul Ryan budget

Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., chairman of the House Budget Committee, presents his budget plan during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on March 12, 2013 in Washington, D.C. / Win McNamee / Getty Images

WASHINGTON The Senate has soundly rejected a balanced budget plan authored by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan.

Five Republicans joined every Democrat present to kill the measure, which failed on a 40-59 vote.

The GOP's most ardent tea partyers — Rand Paul of Kentucky, Ted Cruz of Texas and Mike Lee of Utah — opposed the measure, which projects a balanced budget in a decade but relies on $600 billion-plus in tax revenues on the wealthy enacted in January to do it.

Susan Collins of Maine and Dean Heller of Nevada also opposed the Ryan plan, which cuts sharply from safety net programs for the poor and contains a plan to turn the Medicare program for the elderly into a voucher-like system for future beneficiaries born in 1959 or later.

[sickofwhiners]

Trickle down economics=let the poor and middle class survive on the crumbs that fall off the table of the rich. The problem is, the rich don't let the crumbs fall. No company hires anyone because they got a tax break. They hire for one reason and one reason only. They need more people to make more money. Without demand for their product or service, they will not hire at all. It is the law of supply and demand. No tax break for big business will create demand.

[sciline]

I know that there is a minimum 25 and 30 year Age requirement for election to the congress and senate, respectively. However, I was curious as to whether or not there is an unpublished, minimum, Mental Age requirement that might be in the 16 to 18 year old range for all politicians and political aspirants.
From some of their statements, comments, Proposals and Voting Records,
I would also judge many of these folks to be 100% nuts!

[voterx]

Google Paul Ryan collected Social Security


Seems his wealthy Lawyer father passed away and Ryan went on Social Security to go to school.



These GOP leaches are all the same. It is ok when they mooch off the system.


Ryan never paid a penny into Social Security before going on it for years.

Here he is years later with his dumb budget that has been shown to be full of lies, bad math, and good for his masters, the Koch Brothers, some of the biggest polluters of US air and water.

Google it

[sjc_1]

Ryan did not propose a budget, it was a "policy" piece of screw the poor and elderly to feed the rich. This is the message that was rejected the last election, but the GOP just thinks it needs a new package.

[Filmguy870]

Eddie Munster GO HOME! (and take you homework with you!)

[djan555]

if you rough up his budget real good, it can also be used as toilet paper.from its inception it was garbage,much like the writer of the document.he is literally the bad guy in a fairy tale story,i mentally and spiritually couldnt fathom taking money from poor and disadvantaged americans and giving it to the richest americans.paul ryan you are a disgusting pig of a human being,how much money did you sell your soul for anyways.

[KPeters_from_UK]

CHEVYHOTROD


Here we go again. Is this not the same damn thing? It is a copy of a bill that has been repeatedly rejected. He once again propose legislation that every dimwit knows WILL NOT GET APPROVAL. But he continues to push and push for the protection of the top 1%. This is exactly why I wish Ryan would take the hint and sit down. How many times is he going to waste his time and Congress' time with this?


I wil repeat. It is a waste of time to copy and re-copy the same budget KNOWING full well it will be rejected.


"First up was the House Republican budget, authored by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.), which failed on a 41-58 roll call with five Republicans joining all Democrats in voting no. It was a replay of last year, when the Senate defeated Ryan's budget 40-57."

It is the same budget that Ryan proudly paraded for the voters except the voters turned him down. And yet, he didn't learn from that experience either. Once again, it shows how the GOP just can't understand why they lost.

This time's budget shows that Ryan still has faith in Trickle Down Economics based on tax cuts for the wealthy. It again tries to attempted to repeal the PPACA for the 34 time. While at the same time slashes benefits for seniors such as Medicare and steep deep in services.


I ask you: Did Ryan's budget slash the Congressional pay down to minimum wage, or the budgets for their staff? As well as their Cadillac Health Care Plans? What about the Senate? Any budget reductions there? Are we not in this **** hole together? Are we not all suppose to do our part?


Living in the UK I know that austere measures don't work.

The UK is going through austere spending cuts (not as deep as in other countries) and guess what? We are just barely on this side of a TRIPLE DIP RECESSION. Really! TRIPLE!

If you want spending then you need the 1% to chip in too. Ohhhh I hear the cries from the Far Right.

No I refuse to play along with cutting services for the vulnerable when the rich get to continue to play. I heard on BBC Radio 4, one business owner of high end luxury goods that the market for these goods continue to thrive because the rich are just not feeling the pinch like the working poor on minimum wage who have to struggle between paying the rent or paying for food. We are all in this together or forget it.


But then I tell myself not to worry, coz along with their old Republican idea that deficit never seems to matter I now learn from Boehner on yesterday's edition of ABC's "This Week" that "we do not have an immediate debt crisis." So, we really don't need the Ryan budget. It isn't necessary.

In conclusion, CHEVYHOTROD, I stand by what I previously wrote. Ryan should take a hint and sit down. He should let someone else come up with a budget that isn't draconian to the working poor and middle class while not touching the top 1%. He should let someone else come up with a budget that includes PPACA and isn't going to be shut down AGAIN. I mean what is the point? Why do it for the 37th time or 40th time. He really needs to communicate with Boehner with whether there is a debt crisis or not.

[nosnobs]

IMAGINE folks being out of debt in 10 years and our children and grandchildren don't have to pay this whacko obama's DEBTS. Instead we will all incur IMMENSE EXPENSES with Odumbacare and who knows what else this libbie will be doing. ((scary))

[RedDeath50]

As someone else pointed out, you must have been the brightest student in your class. Of course, being home schooled, you were also the only student in your class!

Really - go do something constructive like playing with your Mitt Rommey Special Collectors Edition Etch-A-Sketch.

[hollywoodjason]

We haven't been out of debt since the Civil War Bubba.

[nosnobs]

Ogumba has not had a budget for four years. Who is this behind giving our money to??? ANYBODY? Duh I don't know said the libbies, HAHAHAHA. SO DUMB. Stupid country we live in.

[djan555]

you must be the one percent,a millionaire ryan is trying to impress.you also must be homeschooled, because you sound like a retard.so sorry reverse robin hood romney didnt win the election HA-HA!

[nygurl1]

Yeah he did...and they were thrown out because reps don't play well with smart people!

[Lindag20]

Why does Ryan keep doing the SAME thing and expect a different result? The Medicare voucher (Health insurance enrichment program) system will NEVER fly with most people.

[nosnobs]

Where Linda do we get the money to pay for Obamacare? HUH? You liberals are beyond dumb. You are off the scale.

[KPeters_from_UK]

Get it from the 1%. And no, they are NOT the job creators. Most tend to be in industries that push fake money around between each other.