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  • The Crass Distortion of Paul Ryan’s Social Security Proposals
    Oct 22, 2010  - Welcome to an Election Year October, known to people inside the Washington beltway as the political “silly season”. It’s this time of year when public issues are frequently distorted, often by those whose political prospects are dimming. A classic example of this biannual spectacle is the spate of r... More
  • Paul Ryan’s Invitation for Solutions Met (again) with Misleading Attacks
    Oct 21, 2010  - A recent analysis by the Social Security Administration's Office of the Chief Actuary [OACT] of bipartisan reform proposals has been falsely touted as an official score of Congressman Paul’s Ryan legislative reform plan “A Roadmap for America’s Future.” Ryan’s plan makes no changes to Social Securit... More
  • The Elusive Adult Conversation on Entitlement Reform and the Debt Threat
    Sep 23, 2010  - Congressman Paul Ryan continues his efforts to advance an adult conversation on the urgent need to protect Social Security for current and future generations. Ryan’s efforts were met – again – with false attacks earlier today on CNN’s Situation Room in a spirited exchange with Rep. Debbie Wasserman ... More
  • Paul Ryan on Casey’s ‘Non-Solution’
    Sep 22, 2010  - Last night, Pennsylvania Democrat Robert Casey took on Paul Ryan’s roadmap. Paul Ryan exclusively responds: “I appreciate Senator Casey’s effort to contrast my invitation for solutions with his non-solution to exacerbate our uncontrolled fiscal trajectory, standing idle with icy indifference as the ... More
  • It is not too late to reclaim the American Idea
    Sep 13, 2010  - What I was trying to do with the Roadmap is prove - using Congressional Budget Office numbers - that it is not too late to get the American Idea back, that we can get this debt under control. We can fulfill the mission of health and retirement security while keeping a very prosperous, growing, inte... More
  • “The true threat to the social safety net”
    Sep 10, 2010  - The editorial debate on my reform plan "A Roadmap for America's Future" underscores the need for an adult conversation on tackling our nation's greatest fiscal and economic challenges ("One lonely plan in Congress highlights tough choices," Our view, Balancing the budget debate, Tuesday). To be clea... More
  • Paul Ryan Responds to Factually Inaccurate New York Times Story
    May 12, 2010  - Congressman Paul Ryan placed a correction request in response to a factual error in today’s New York Times front page story “Greece, Debt, and a Lesson” (David Leonhardt, A1, 5/12/10,). Leonhardt writes that Congressman Paul Ryan’s proposal H.R. 4529, A Roadmap for America’s Future, would “end Medic... More
  • Heritage Foundation: TPC’s Hits and Misses on Ryan’s Roadmap
    Mar 12, 2010  - On March 9 the Tax Policy Center (TPC) released a preliminary analysis of the tax reform proposal contained in Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) Roadmap for America’s Future fiscal plan. The TPC analysis helps Ryan advance the tax reform ball considerably, but it also raises issues some of which need to be ad... More
  • E21: When Wonks Attack: The Politicized Analyses of the Ryan Roadmap
    Mar 12, 2010  - Citizens often wonder why politicians in Washington D.C. struggle to solve problems recognized by both parties. Both sides are clearly to blame, but few elected officials offer substantive solutions – that stand above the partisan fray. For an example of what is so wrong with the process, one need ... More
  • Rep. Ryan Responds to CBPP's Analysis of "A Roadmap for America's Future"
    Mar 11, 2010  - Yesterday, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities [CBPP] published an error-riddled attack on what remains the only proposed solution to our nation’s fiscal crisis – “A Roadmap for America’s Future.” Congressman Paul Ryan put forward this plan (H.R. 4529) to lift our nation’s crushing burden of ... More