The Ryan Budget's Savings Come From Shutting Down the Federal Government Comments for The Ryan Budget's Savings Come From Shutting Down the Federal Government at http://www.cepr.net , comment 1 to 4 out of 4 comments http://www.cepr.net Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:52:34 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 Talk about the fiscal cliff http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/the-ryan-budgets-savings-come-from-shutting-down-the-federal-government#comment-18087 That's were you're going to be sent, for your lovely retirement, over the cliff, bye grandma, grandpa... It is not really that painful, you are going head first. - Nassim Sabba Mon, 13 Aug 2012 08:51:59 +0100 CBO did not estimate the Ryan budget would balance the books http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/the-ryan-budgets-savings-come-from-shutting-down-the-federal-government#comment-18051 The WaPo also distorted the CBO report by saying that it estimated the costs for the Ryan legislation. Ryan's committee did not provide enough specifics for much of it's proposals and ordered the CBO to just insert the committee's numbers for spending and revenue projections instead of calculating them based on the proposed policy. From page 1 of the CBO report: "Those calculations do not represent a cost estimate for legislation or an analysis of the effects of any given policies. In particular, CBO has not considered whether the specified paths are consistent with the policy proposals or budget figures released today by Chairman Ryan as part of his proposed budget resolution." - Robert Salzberg Sun, 12 Aug 2012 07:41:40 +0100 The Bain plan as national policy http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/the-ryan-budgets-savings-come-from-shutting-down-the-federal-government#comment-18046 His recovery plan is a competitive dismantling of the government. Much like buying a company and selling its assets, public assets will be sold to private buyers. I imagine a Ryan budget would include toll roads, charter schools, medicare vouchers, and the sale of national parks. - David B. Schuster Sun, 12 Aug 2012 04:10:22 +0100 R-bomb http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/the-ryan-budgets-savings-come-from-shutting-down-the-federal-government#comment-18045 I can only shudder at the thought of those waiting to fill the voids created by this budget. Thanks for the summary. - David Sun, 12 Aug 2012 03:11:08 +0100