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Old 04-06-2011, 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by MS Fowler View Post
...Draconian, Extreme, and "will kill children" are my guesses...
I don't think the "will kill children" slogan will get much play, but "draconian," and "extreme" are probably apt. "Delusional" is another word that comes to mind:
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If Rep. Paul Ryan’s newly unveiled 2012 budget is signed into law, this is what Ryan’s economic forecasters say will happen: The unemployment rate will plunge by 2.5 percentage points. The still-sinking housing market will roar back in a brand new boom. The federal government will collect $100 billion more in income tax revenues than it otherwise would have.

And that’s just in the first year. By 2015, the forecasters say, unemployment will fall to 4 percent. By 2021, it will be a nearly unprecedented 2.8 percent.

The tax and spending roadmap put forth Tuesday morning by Ryan, the Wisconsin Republican who heads the House Budget Committee, is backed by a set of extremely optimistic assumptions about how the budget would stimulate private investment, hiring, and broad economic growth...

http://mobile.nationaljournal.com/budget/ryan-plan-pushes-optimism-to-the-outer-limits-20110405
Paul Ryan is a clown.
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