I'll show the back of my hand to anyone who tries to force you into a defines benefit plan

In one of my earlier posts, I had written about the newest member of the republican campaign, Paul Ryan. The post was, for lack of better word, lighthearted. I had not even heard of this man until Mitt announced his running mate in the initial part of the week. So I did what any liberal democrat would do in this situation, I looked on the internet to see if there was any “dirt” on this guy.  Where my search took me was NOWHERE, but I did stumble upon his budget proposal, which is aptly named “The Path to Prosperity” here are some key components:

1.) This plan delivers a substantial tax cut to the richest Americans, while gutting programs and services the rest of the court depends on such as Medicare, Medicaid,  banking and clean water regulations, road repair and education assistance.  This would force cutbacks in food stamps, education and law enforcement services.

2.)  Ryan advocates cutting (yes I said cutting) the top income tax rate to 25% ( from 39.6%)

3.) Ryan would replace the existing Medicare system of GUARANTEED treatment, with one that provides vouchers, through private commercial insurance plans (that I am sure get back to the rich 1% in some way. Talk about privatized medicine) with this lovely idea the vouchers would NOT cover all the costs, so you would be paying out of pocket for the remaining , their value rise in accordance with a standard inflation rate and NOT with medical inflation, this would widen the gap even more between the middle class and the top 1 %.

4.)As a result, costs will keep rising and at a faster rate than before.( Of course Ryan would repeal the healthcare reform act, including its cost reducing requirements) less of the increase would show in the governments ledgers because it is showing up in the American family’s budgets which is already tight enough

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5.) Ryan calls for eradicating consumer-friendly financial reforms enacted after the 2008 crash. This means removing environmental oversight of oil and gas production, and taking away legal protection for unionized workers. In a recent interview and with a straight face, Ryan listed the “initiatives” under the heading “Ending Cronyism and Corporate Welfare." He originally had the quote by Ayn Randian “a hammock that lulls able-bodied citizens into lives of complacency and despondency” but later removed it from the 2012 version

6.) Repealing the Repealing the Affordable Care Act would remove funding for a Medicaid expansion that would have covered 17 million people. It would also replace the current open ended- federal subsidy to states with block grants to population growth and standard inflation. Basically, states will be able to relieve the resulting pressure on their budgets only by cutting Medicaid enrollments, providing enrollees with A LOT less services, raising taxes or covering the shortfall out of the budgets, which puts a strain on road repair, K-12 education and public safety

Paul Ryan and almost all of his fellow Congressmen and Senators have fat benefits and pension programs for themselves while they decide which crumbs we should be allowed to fight over.  These parasites have no credibility because they are not putting themselves on the programs they want for everyone else. They must lead by example and cut their own benefits, perks, privileges to be on par with other federal workers. If that is not good enough for them, there are millions who could take their place.