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NYT has a useful editorial exposing what the Ryan blueprint really means, including this nugget
Mr. Ryan’s Small Ideas on Poverty
He provides polished intellectual cover for his party to mow down as many antipoverty programs as it can see. Most Congressional Republicans would love nothing more than to eviscerate programs like Medicaid, Head Start and food stamps. But so as not to appear cruel and uncaring, they need a high-minded excuse to do so.
He provides polished intellectual cover for his party to mow down as many antipoverty programs as it can see. Most Congressional Republicans would love nothing more than to eviscerate programs like Medicaid, Head Start and food stamps. But so as not to appear cruel and uncaring, they need a high-minded excuse to do so.
Ryan’s economic worldview — the Hammock Theory of Poverty — continues to animate the GOP’s economic agenda overall, and it overwhelmingly reflects the priorities of Tea Party Republicans, not non-Tea Party ones.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2014/03/04/morning-plum-why-republicans-have-the-advantage-in-2014/
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/04/opinion/mr-ryans-small-ideas-on-poverty.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
