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Earlier this year, Democratic operatives looking for the best way to define Mitt Romney discovered something interesting about Paul Ryan's budget. The New York Times reported that when the details of his proposals were run past focus groups, they found that the plan is so cruel that voters simply refused to believe any politician would do such a thing.
In addition to phasing out the Earned Income Tax Credit that keeps millions of American families above the poverty line and cutting funding for children's healthcare in half, Jonathan Cohn described the America that Paul Ryan envisions like this:
Many millions of working-age Americans would lose health insurance. Senior citizens would anguish over whether to pay their rent or their medical bills, in a way they havent since the 1960s. Government would be so starved of resources that, by 2050, it wouldnt have enough money for core functions like food inspections and highway maintenance.
The Conservative Psyche: How Ordinary People Come to Embrace Paul Ryan's Cruelty | Alternet
In addition to phasing out the Earned Income Tax Credit that keeps millions of American families above the poverty line and cutting funding for children's healthcare in half, Jonathan Cohn described the America that Paul Ryan envisions like this:
Many millions of working-age Americans would lose health insurance. Senior citizens would anguish over whether to pay their rent or their medical bills, in a way they havent since the 1960s. Government would be so starved of resources that, by 2050, it wouldnt have enough money for core functions like food inspections and highway maintenance.
The Conservative Psyche: How Ordinary People Come to Embrace Paul Ryan's Cruelty | Alternet