At least 66 percent of the cuts in House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s new budget would come from programs that serve people of limited means, our new analysisfinds. That violates a core principle of the Simpson-Bowles fiscal commission, which the commission co-chairs reiterated in the revised plan they issued a few weeks ago: that deficit reduction should not increase poverty or widen inequality.
Off the Charts Blog | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | Two-Thirds of Ryan’s Cuts Would Come from Low- and Moderate-Income Programs
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