Rep. Ryan knocks Obama over Senate budget

(CBS News) In the Republican weekly address, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), author of the House Republican budget, criticized the Senate and President Obama for failing to produce a budget for the upcoming fiscal year.

"The president is hunkered down in campaign mode, and seems intent on dividing Americans for political gain instead of offering credible solutions to our most pressing fiscal and economic challenges. And his party leaders in the Senate? They're about to go another year without a budget," Ryan said.

Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND), who chairs the Senate Budget Committee, this week backtracked from his earlier announcement that his committee would craft and vote on a Senate budget.

"Last week, leaders in the United States Senate, which is controlled by the president's own party, announced they would not advance a budget for the third year in a row," Rep. Ryan, who chairs the House Budget Committee, said. "Tomorrow, in fact, will mark three years to the day since the Senate last fulfilled this basic governing responsibility."

Although the president offered a budget proposal in February, Rep. Ryan blames the Democratic-led Senate's inaction on Mr. Obama.

"Regrettably, this president has failed to lead us, to unite us, and to help us address our defining challenges," Ryan said. 

Ryan promoted his own controversial budget plan, which the Republican-led House passed in March. It has little chance of being voted on in the Senate.

"It would support safe, responsible energy exploration here at home to address high gas prices, and it would repeal the president's health care law, which is making it harder for businesses to hire new workers," Ryan said.

"We will get back on a path to prosperity - it is not too late to get this right. But only with the right leadership in place can we renew the American promise of leaving our children a stronger nation than the one our parents left us," he added.

[TimeToEvolve]

Earth to Ryan blowhard idiot. You are the moron who works for the government but does not want to fund it. You are one the Republicon inbreds who signed Grover Norquist's no tax pledge. Idiot, pathetic half brained traitor.

[bbglow]

Something republicans don't like to hear ... SPENDING and jobs brought US out of the Great Depression ... early FRD efforts like the CCC and TVA were under-funded by republican obstructionism until WWII forced a drastic increase in spending to produce tanks, ships etc. and of course there was tax revenue that continued to support growth after the war and to pay the war debt. When the debt was somewhat under control pressure mounted to reduce taxes. Do you see a trend here?

Certainly we all agree, we must eliminate waste and corruption in government, however, that is a completely different effort than eliminating government. American government is the only thing that promises protection for all of it's people ... is that what the few and privileged fear?

P.S. During WWII women contributed greatly ... "Rosie the Riveter" enter the work force and they spent much of their earnings to purchase war bonds that became part of the national debt. When my mom died, we found war bonds that she apparently decided not to cash in. I wish the current generations loved America as much ...

[bbglow]

We need a budget that uses all tools available, cuts as well as increased revenue to pay down the debt. Waste and corruption should be the target, not subsistance, women and education. It's not rocket science, in addition to taxes, good paying jobs would help increase revenue.

[sandman829]

Ryan needs to look at the constitution. Once the Pres submits in writing what he wants, it is up to the house and the house alone to wright a budget. After the house wrights the budget and votes on it the senate can make changes or wright a new one, but only in response to the houses budget.

[RealWorldNow]

So why hasn't Dirty Harry done that in over 1000 days, can he not "wright" as you say?

[marychgo]

Paul Ryan calls his budget "The Path to Prosperity." For anyone not already a millionaire -- like all of the Republican presidential candidates and many GOP Congressmembers -- a better title would be "The Path to Despair." Medicare vouchers? State block grants for Medicaid, food stamps, and other aid to the poor? And of course, tax cuts for the richest among us? Yeah, those are programs the average American can really get behind...very far behind!

[TimeIsNowfor99]

Norquist and the Tea Prty have adopted a strategy called "Starve the Beast". The goal is simple. Cut revenue to the US governemnt to the breaking ppoint so that funding for social programs becomes no longer possible. There chosen way to do this is to cut the revenue from the wealthiest of Americans and largest corporations with supportive financing being expected in return. This is an abberration of conservative beliefs and has put the GOP in jeopardy while at the same time putting this Nation on the brink of collapse.

[occupy_cbs]

Yes, the grover nitwitt 'starve the beast' conservitard ideology has been going on for decades, as the top marginal rate has plummeted from 91% to a mere 35% (even though most of the wealthiest Americans like romney pay less than the 15% capital gains rate), and corporations pay little or no taxes despite a 35% corporate rate that none of them pay! We're totally screwed as long as conservitards keep pushing low taxes like 'lyin' ryan's' austerity budget that will only give us another depression!

[BlameRepublicanz]

yes, lets take benefits from the poor to pay for tax breaks for the wealthy...great idea...if your a heartless shill for the wealthy.

[occupy_cbs]

leonardo2012: "..allows the Chinese to drill for Oil 60 miles off the coast of Florida."



Cuban Offshore Drilling Plans Raise U.S. Concerns

http://www.npr.org/2011/09/12/140405282/cuban-offshore-drilling-plans-raise-u-s-concerns

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Don't worry leonard, willard romney and the bush PNAC NEOCONS will just nuke Cuba and their Chinese drilling rig, and we won't just have nuclear fallout in Florida, but another huge OIL SPILL like BP!

[PlatinumWords]

Obama and the Dems have not produced a budget for the upcoming fiscal year or any fiscal year since Obama became president.
When the Dems controlled the Congress from 2007 they never did produce one as well.

All they think of is tax, tax, tax and spend spend and spend. Even when they are stopped from recklessly taxing, they still spend like their is no tomorrow and it seems that there may not be after Obama is done.
That's how Obama ran up a 6 trillion debt in less than 4 years and we have nothing to show for it but a bad economy and record unemployment.

[BlameRepublicanz]

name one tax that has gone up for you....

[TimeIsNowfor99]

BlameRepublicnas

I am disappointerd in that Obama extended Bush tax cuts since they distribute wealth to a small minority from the Capital Gains tax rate drop. Even more disturbing than that though, is people who blindly support their party with little knowledge of the truth. You question is an example of just that.

[occupy_cbs]

leonardo2012: "fact of the matter is that the economic circumstances has dictated cut backs for the public sector in every state in the country."



Maybe so, but a good example of public sector cutbacks while giving even more tax breaks to the wealthy and corporations by the ignorant governor walker in wisconsin, has resulted in the worst job losses in the country since his policies took effect over the past year! While the rest of the entire country has seen private-sector job creation over the past year, wisconsin is the only state still losing jobs!

The U.S. economy grew at a rate of 3% in the fourth quarter of 2011, but still not enough to significantly bring down unemployment, since it needs to be at least 4-5%. One of the major drags on growth has been the budget-cutting that has been going on at all levels of government for the past year and a half. Over the last two years, the private sector grew at an average annual rate of 3.2 percent, while the government shrank at an annual rate of 1.4 percent.
The combined result has been an average economic growth of 2.3 percent.

If willard romney and the republicans get their way, and cut government as extremely as they would like, economic growth will plummet and most likely put us back in a severe recession or worse!

[occupy_cbs]

For those conservatives pushing austerity as a solution to the nation's economic woes, these numbers should come as a bit of a warning, as should the fact that the United Kingdom's austerity program has led it's economy to do worse than it did during the Great Depression, and is putting it back into recession now.

[occupy_cbs]

leonardo2012: "It is unfortunate that our President prefers to invest in Brazilian Oil"




You truly are confused, but a good little fox/rush parrot supporting the 1% -- the oligarchic plutocracy destroying America!

Instead of swallowing the right-wing propaganda, try educating yourself, since you are truly clueless:

Q: Did Obama loan $2 billion to Brazil's oil company to benefit China and George Soros?

A: The president had nothing to do with the loan, which the Export-Import Bank approved for Brazil to buy U.S.-made equipment and services.

http://www.factcheck.org/2009/09/bogus-brazilian-oil-claims/

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Same information here too:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/braziloil.asp

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You've been had little boy, and are just spewing old LIES and DECEPTIONS from forwarded e-mails from 3 years ago, propagated by the fox/rush propagandists! WAKE UP!