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andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 4/2/2009
That GOP "Budget"
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Conor Clarke : As near as I can tell, Paul Ryan and his staff just took the CBO projections that ended in 2019 and drew a random line, extending upward at about a 45 degree angle, until 2080. There's no real attempt to make it look scientific. There's a 70-year projection no less, to make ...
washingtonmonthly.com - 4/1/2009
A budget perfect for April Fools' Day
— washingtonmonthly.com — A BUDGET PERFECT FOR APRIL FOOLS' DAY.... Rumor has it that Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the... ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee, is one of the House GOP Caucus' sharper members. He has a reputation for knowing what... (more) A budget perfect for April Fools' Day

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Paul Ryan’s Break With the Past: Tax Cuts for the Rich!
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 4/1/2009
Paul Ryan’s Break With the Past: Tax Cuts for the Rich!
— yglesias.thinkprogress.org — Paul Ryan reaches deep into the conservative movement’s storehouse of ideas on America’s most pressing policy programs... and comes up with an innovative agenda of tax cuts mostly tilted toward the wealthy and corporations paired with a ... (more) Paul Ryan’s Break With the Past: Tax Cuts for the Rich!

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huffingtonpost.com - 4/1/2009
GOP Budget Plan Assumes Americans Would Choose Higher Tax Rate
— huffingtonpost.com — House Republicans set themselves a high bar last week when they promised to deliver an alternative budget... that drastically slashed taxes while also cutting the deficit further than the White House has proposed. The Republican budget blueprint ... (more) GOP Budget Plan Assumes Americans Would Choose Higher ...

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About that ugly GOP budget projection
The Reaction — Guest post by Boatboy Boatboy is the author of the blog The View from the Docks. I've been reading the various posts by several eloquent individuals who have thoroughly and effectively dissected the GOP "budget" documents. Doing so, I noticed that there is something in the data that everyone else has missed. The GOP graph that has spawned so much ridicule shows a radical increase in federal share of GDP ...

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