[HunterM]

TPM: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2...ts.php?ref=fpa

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office's initial analysis of the House GOP budget released today by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) is filled with nuggets of bad news for Republicans.

In addition to acknowledging that seniors, disabled and elderly people would be hit with much higher out-of-pocket health care costs, the CBO finds that by the end of the 10-year budget window, public debt will actually be higher than it would be if the GOP just did nothing.

Under the so-called "extended baseline scenario" -- a.k.a. projections based on current law -- debt held by the public will grow to 67 percent of GDP by 2022. Under the GOP plan, public debt would reach 70 percent of GDP in the same window.

In other words, the spending cuts Republicans would realize in the first 10 years would be outpaced by deficit increasing tax-cuts, which Ryan also proposes. After that, debt projections under the plan improve decade-by-decade relative to current law. That's because 2022 would mark the beginning of the Medicare privatization plan. That's when, CBO finds, "most elderly people would pay more for their health care than they would pay under the current Medicare system."

[gydrorway]

I thought I was reading a comedy skit when I saw the proposal yesterday. I literally was banging the table, thinkng the GOP really couldn't be suggesting what they were for a budget. Cutting the taxes for rich and corporations to 25%? Surplus by 2040? Playing with the same Medicare they said shouldn't be touched while fighting Obamacare? The story I read (on CNN) suggested even the GOP knew it was ridiculous, but they wanted to appeal to all those that think compromise is a bad thing.