Since the new federal budget was introduced this week by the young conservative chairman of the House of Representatives Budget Committee, Congressman Paul D. Ryan, Republican from Wisconsin, there has been a lot of discussion in conservative circles -- especially amongst Tea Party supporters -- on whether or not the Ryan budget is conservative enough and balances the budget fast enough.
The fact that the Ryan budget would take between 25 and 30 years to balance the gargantuan federal budget gave this author -- who, when a congressional chief of staff, saw this rising Republican star when he was a very young snot-nosed legislative aide to Congressman (now governor) Sam Brownback, R-KS, and who was highly impressed with Paul Ryan from the beginning -- some pause.
The GOP Budget and America's Future
March 21, 2012 - 10:13pm — adminThe president's budget gives more power to bureaucrats, takes more from taxpayers to fuel the expansion of government, and commits our nation to a future of debt and decline.
By Congressman Paul Ryan