By Jason Hughey President Obama claims that his new budget is a compromise. In reality, his budget is as bloated and wasteful as the budget proposed by Chairman Murray. Americans for Prosperity opposed Sen. Murray’s budget on the grounds that it was a tax-and-spend boost for big government. It did nothing to address our critical [...]
By Christine Harbin This is the latest in series of blog posts focusing on the federal budget proposals. The first focused on Chairman Ryan’s plan, the second on the Senate Democrats’ plan, and the third and fourth highlighted their differences on tax and spending policy. Federal spending on entitlement programs—Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security—poses the biggest threat to the federal government’s [...]
By Christine Harbin This is the third in series of blog posts focusing on the federal budget proposals in Congress. The first post focused on Chairman Ryan’s plan, the second post focused on the Senate Democrats’ plan, and subsequent posts will focus important differences between the two plans. Although they have a few similarities, Chairman [...]
Here are some highlights from Chairman Ryans’ FY2014 budget plan.
Arlington, VA – Today Americans for Prosperity, the nation’s largest grassroots advocate for economic freedom, released the following statement from AFP president Tim Phillips: “Budget Chair Paul Ryan should be commended for once again crafting a serious federal budget that begins reining in government overspending, which is the greatest threat to economic prosperity our nation [...]
