Paul Ryan’s Audit Of Federal Anti-Poverty Programs Finds Many Are Actually Very Effective

[ProSense]

Paul Ryan’s Audit Of Federal Anti-Poverty Programs Finds Many Are Actually Very Effective

By Igor Volsky

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) released a 204-page report on Monday analyzing the effectiveness of the nation’s anti-poverty programs 50 years after President Lyndon Johnson declared a national War on Poverty.

The assessment, which is designed to kick off his campaign to revamp federal welfare programs, broadly characterizes federal aid as counterproductive and ineffective. Ryan argues that federal programs have contributed to the nation’s high poverty rate and “created what’s known as the poverty trap.” The report argues, “Federal programs are not only failing to address the problem. They are also in some significant respects making it worse.”

But a closer look at the analysis undermines the old Ronald Reagan adage, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’” As Ryan’s own analysis points out, numerous progressive-minded spending programs have helped millions of Americans and significantly reduced the nation’s poverty rate. Below are 16 examples from Ryan’s own report of how the government can help lower-income Americans make ends meet:

Veterans Health Administration is the largest single-payer health care system in the United States. The report finds that the program is “effective in providing access to inexpensive health care for low-income veterans. ”

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http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/03/03/3353541/ryan-poverty-report/

Paul Ryan is a fraud.

5 Reasons Paul Ryan Is In A Budget Jam
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024601975

[ProSense]

1. This one:

School Breakfast Program increases “both nutrition and academic achievement among low-income children,” the report says, even though “it doesn’t seem to increase the likelihood that a child will eat breakfast.”

Michelle Obama Expands Program That Gives All Students Free Meals
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024563502

[ProSense]

2. Kick! n/t

[sheshe2]

3. This one too!

Child Care and Development Fund helps low-income families afford child care. The report agrees that the subsidies “increase the likelihood of participation in the labor force” and “encourage single mothers to pursue education.”
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/03/03/3353541/ryan-poverty-report/

Poor Lyin' Ryan, what's he going to do! Well besides lie of course.

[Scuba]

4. Paul Ryan is a con man who would steal food from babies the sick and the elderly if we let him.

[Cha]

5. paul ryan.. scam-man who hitched his wagon to mittload's.

[nyquil_man]

6. Oh, he'll spin it.

"B-b-b-but... they encourage dependence!!!"