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Roadmap for America's Future Gains Endorsements
07.21.10
Recently I have been asked to respond to various questions posed by media organizations on my views on certain issues. This is the second in a series of blogs in which I will share my answers to some of those questions. Next up:"Using as a baseline the FY 2010 budget, with federal revenues of about $ 2 trillion and federal spending at $ 3.5 trillion, how would you propose that Congress achieve a balanced budget?"
We can ultimately achieve a realistic balanced budget with a surplus over a period of years by adopting a comprehensive plan involving tax reform, job creation, spending cuts/reform, and stabilizing entitlement programs. That is why I support Representative Paul Ryan's "Roadmap for America's Future."
In the last two weeks, Ryan's "roadmap" has been endorsed as the plan Republicans need to adopt and run on in the fall campaign. First, Fred Barnes endorsed the plan in the article "Think Big- Republicans should embrace Paul Ryan's Road Map," The Weekly Standard, Vol. 15, No. 41, Tuesday, July 13, 2010. Barnes starts his endorsement as follows:
"For Republicans, the Road Map authored by congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin is the most important proposal in domestic policy since Ronald Reagan embraced supply side economics in the 1980 presidential campaign. It's not only the freshest, boldest, and most comprehensive Republican thinking, it's also the most relevant. If Republicans adopt the Road Map as their basic ideological blueprint, it offers them the prospect of a landslide in the midterm election this year, followed by victory in the presidential election in 2012."
Also endorsing the roadmap is Carol Baum in the article "U.S. Crash Looms without Roadmap Directions," Bloomberg/BusinessWeek, Thursday, July 8, 2010. Ms. Baum writes of Ryan's plan:
"[T]he plan reduces deficits and debt, putting the federal budget on a sustainable path; results in stronger per-capita economic growth; puts Medicare and Social Security on a sound footing; and lowers health-care expenses while reducing the number of uninsured….And that's not Congressman Ryan talking. That's the assessment of the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office…."
