Paul Ryan, Deficits, and Smaller Government
September 10, 2012 @ 12:03 pm
Posted by David Boaz
NPR notes on Sunday that Rep. Paul Ryan's voting record in Congress calls into question his image as a deficit hawk. But they emphasize Alice Rivlin's explanation:
- I think you have to distinguish deficit hawk from small-government conservative. I think of him as a man committed to a smaller government that has less of a role in people's lives. He really believes that: that the government does too much. And he thinks taxes should be less.
- FOR the No Child Left Behind Act (2001)
- FOR the Iraq war (2002)
- FOR the Medicare prescription drug entitlement (2003)
- FOR Head Start reauthorization (2007)
- FOR Economic Stimulus Act (January 2008)
- FOR extending unemployment benefits (2008)
- FOR TARP (2008)
- FOR GM/Chrysler bailout (2008)
- FOR $192 billion anti-recession spending bill (2009)
- FOR the Iraq war (2002)
http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/paul-ryan-deficits-and-smaller-government/
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