Rep. Paul Ryan (R-​​WI) Announces the GOP Bud­get Plan

This week, Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Paul Ryan (R-​​WI) pub­lished a bud­get pro­posal called “The GOP Path to Pros­per­ity.” As I men­tioned on Mon­day in “Shut­down Show­down,” the pro­posal nei­ther addresses the issues in the 2011 or 2012 bud­gets, nor makes real­is­tic assump­tions about the expected eco­nomic impacts of the pro­posed changes.

But that was a really hand-​​wavy, dis­mis­sive aside to the now-​​almost-​​certain shut­down. Today, I’d like to elab­o­rate fur­ther on Ryan’s proposal.

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