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| Source:House Republicans- U.S. Representative Paul Ryan (Republican, Wisconsin) speaking to Georgetown University in Washington, about Medicare. |
"House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan speaks at Georgetown University."
Just on a personal note first: Representative Paul Ryan who is Chairman of the House Budget Committee, has this tendency to say when he's giving a speech either outside of the U.S. House or on the House floor, or in committee when talking about a particular: "Democrats like to talk about (fill in the blank) we welcome this debate, we need this debate."
What Representative Ryan is essentially advocating for is a competition or free market of ideas about which side (meaning Republicans or Democrats) have the best ideas and who ultimately should be in charge of government in Washington: Republicans or Democrats.
Representative Ryan is not talking about even though the Republican Party currently only controls the lower chamber of Congress and has a Democratic Senate and White House to confront, how best can Republicans and Democrats work with each other (and this sounds corny) for the good of the country. But instead wants to go back to the good ole days of the 2000s (as Republicans see it) when the Republican Party was in charge of everything in Washington.
As far as Medicare, Chairman Ryan leaves out a very important point about his own Medicare plan and that might be because this provision is very unpopular and is something that both House and Senate Democrats, as well as President Barack Obama will use and are already using against House and Senate Republicans, as well as Mitt Romney. Current seniors would be able to keep their traditional Medicare, as well as Baby Boomers who are close to retirement. But his Generation X, which is also my generation, would be forced into a voucher system once we're eligible to retire and lose real choice in how we pay for our health care in our senior years.
