Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) has a history of attacking anti-poverty programs under the guise of helping the poor. His most recent budgets have gotten two-thirds of their cuts from programs helping low and moderate income Americans, while proposing lopsided tax cuts for millionaires. And in his recent report looking at poverty 50 years after Lyndon Johnson’s “War On Poverty,” he concluded that many aspects of the social safety net were “making it worse” (he tried to cite social science research when doing so, but that didn’t work out so well).
But yesterday, Ryan made controversial comments on Bill Bennett’s radio program that went beyond just policy programs — and have set off a flurry of activity since. We’ve put together a timeline of the events to get you up to speed.... Read more
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