"A Roadmap For America's Future"

[Boreas]

That's what the Republicans are calling their "shadow budget" just introduced by Paul Ryan of WI.

http://www.roadmap.republicans.budget.house.gov/

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezr..._budget_p.html

Key points:

Change Medicare into a voucher system. Seniors would receive a voucher which they could use to purchase health insurance on the open market, subject to all the crap like pre-existing conditions and rescission that exist now. After months of lying about the Democrats wanting to cut Medicare benefits the Republicans have the stones to do this?

Privatize Social Security. After the recent disasters with everyone's 401 Ks ans stock portfolios, the very idea that anyone would offer this as a serious proposal beggars belief. Either these guys are all crazy or so beholden to the financial industry that they will do anything they say, regardless of the cost to the country. I'll leave it to you to choose which it is.

John