Paul Ryan calls out Senate Democrats' reckless budget failure

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan makes the case for prosperity and principled reform, to avert painful austerity and decline.

"We're going to have a debt crisis in this country if we don't watch it. And what's going to happen - if that happens - is everybody's going to get hurt in this country.

"Europe is in the middle of austerity. What that means is, they're cranking up taxes on all their countrymen -- slowing down their economy -- and they're pulling the rug out from under their seniors who've already retired and organized their lives around these programs.

"We want to prevent that from happening. We want to preempt a debt crisis. We want to get America on a path to prosperity and deal with this debt issue. And we can't grow the economy and create jobs unless we do that.

"And the only way to fix this problem, to prevent seniors from getting harmed, to grow this economy, is to have a budget. And It's been a thousand days since the Senate bothered even trying to pass a budget. It's the epitome of irresponsibility that the other body has neglected this most basic function of governing.

"We have got to save this country. In order to do that we have to budget and prioritize because that's what our constituents elected us to do."

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[poindexterwitkowsky]

PAUL RYAN (REPUBLICAN) IF YOU HAD ONE OUNCE OF SHAME AND YOU REALLY BELIEVED IN SHARED SACRIFICE YOU WOULD ADVOCATE FOR REPEALING THE BUSH TAX CUTS,.... WITH YOU IT'S ALL ON THE UPSIDE FOR THE WEALTHEST AND THE CORPORATE ELITE. ,....WE THE PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF YOUR RHETORIC. YOUR PARTY IS IN DEEP TROUBLE AND IT KNOWS IT!

[Thesilver11000]

@poindexterwitkowsky ........ as a congressman paul ryan doesn't affect his local politics or situation.. he just REPRESENTS his district federally.... sooo what does his district has to do with him??

[poindexterwitkowsky]

~~REPUBLICAN_PAUL_RYAN_represe­nts a Wisconsin district which has the one of the highest unemployment rates in that state. People are suffering in & around Janesville, WI (Paulie's hometown) especially after the GM plant closed down in 2008! .....INCREDIBLY he is more interested in PLAYING_POLITICS_ by asking the FED to increase interest rates which would slow down economic growth. ~~~**~WISCONSINITES get some FIRE IN YOUR BELLIES & KICK THIS HYPSTER DOFUS OUT OF OFFICE!!

~**

[CatholicGirl5]

I will second that AMEN!

[TheFujimoto420]

AMEN!!!

[natefxx]

RP 2012 end the fed balance the budget end the wars