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Ryan pledges surplus in ’23 via new budget

Plan alters taxes, Medicare, spares defense

By DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS

Posted: March 13, 2013 at 12:55 a.m.

Credit: AP
 House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., holds up a copy of the House Budget Committee 2014 Budget Resolution as he speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

WASHINGTON — House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan on Tuesday unveiled a revised tax and spending proposal that he said would eliminate the deficit within a decade by cutting $4.6 trillion out of a vast swath of federal expenditures.

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    What a novel and inspired idea!--take from the poor and give to the rich.
    But I remember hearing something like this before from Rep. Robbin' Hood.

    Posted by: Coralie

    March 13, 2013 at 6:46 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

    A Grand Bargain between the Koch brothers and Goldman Sachs--what would that be?
    How about between Monsanto and the Pentagon?

    Posted by: Coralie

    March 14, 2013 at 2:17 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

    I like the idea of not taking from anyone because taking something from anyone by force seems to me to be stealing.

    Posted by: Moneymyst

    March 14, 2013 at 3:54 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

    What force is involved? People who object to paying the taxes that the government is constitutionally empowered to levy are not being forced to stay in the United States and take advantage of the society that those taxes pay for..

    Posted by: AlphaCat

    March 14, 2013 at 4:31 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

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