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You
might want to sit down for this.
Paul
Ryan wants to replace virtually all federal poverty programs with "opportunity
grants" to the states. He proposes that we end food stamps, rental assistance
and other vital programs and replace them with a check to state governors like
Rick Perry and Scott Walker.
The
governors, according to Ryan, will “personalize” anti-poverty measures. In his
73-page report released this month, he outlines the most audacious cut to the
safety net in American history. Not a surprise: Ryan authored the slash-and-burn
budgets passed the GOP House.
Republicans
have a reputation for being callous towards the poor. And things haven’t
changed. Ryan's "Opportunity Grant" is this decade's "Compassionate
Conservatism." The only “opportunity” Ryan cares about is his and his party's
electoral prospects.
Campaign
for America's Future has taken on Paul Ryan before and won. We organized against
his draconian budgets and exposed his plans to cut Medicare and Social
Security.
This
is a fight we undertake together. In 2014, 2016 and beyond.
Thank
you for your commitment.
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