Paul Davis Ryan
Research Report 
 July 19, 2012
 
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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
 Table of Contents .................................................................................................................... 2
 
 Top Hit ................................................................................................................................. 13
 
Personal Biography ............................................................................................................... 14
 
Overview ...................................................................................................................................................... 14
 
Childhood .................................................................................................................................................... 14
 
Education .................................................................................................................................................... 14
 
Career ........................................................................................................................................................... 15
 
Lifestyle ........................................................................................................................................................ 16
 
 The Ryan Budgets ................................................................................................................ 18
 
Ryan Plan Timeline ..................................................................................................................................... 18
 
2012 Budget ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 18
 
2013 Budget ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 19
 
2010 “Roadmap”
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Ends Medicare As We Know It ................................................................................................................... 21
 
Raises Retirement Age While Leaving No Safety Net ..................................................................................................................... 22
 
Reduces Beneficiary Spending By As Much As 42% ....................................................................................................................... 22
 
Opt-out For New Enrollees Would Jeopardize Benefits For Current Recipients ...................................................................... 23
 
Reopens The Prescription Drug Doughnut Hole ............................................................................................................................ 23
 
Public Reception .................................................................................................................................................................................... 23
 
Kept Subsidies For Oil Companies While Cutting Alternative Energy ..................................................... 23
 
Ryan Budget Protected Tax Breaks And Subsidies For Oil Companies ...................................................................................... 23
 
Ryan Plan Slashes Alternative Energy Funding ................................................................................................................................ 24
 
Social Security ............................................................................................................................................. 26
 
2010 Budget Proposal ........................................................................................................................................................................... 26
 
Slashes Medicaid ........................................................................................................................................ 27
 
Destroys Jobs .............................................................................................................................................. 27
 
Reduces Federal Spending On Health Care Programs By 75% ................................................................ 28
 
Repeals The Affordable Care Act ....................................................................................................................................................... 28
 
Hurts The Most Vulnerable ....................................................................................................................... 28
 
Makes College Less Affordable .................................................................................................................. 29
 
Double Interest Rate For Student Loans ........................................................................................................................................... 29
 
Slashes Pell Grants ................................................................................................................................................................................. 29
 
Middle / Low Income ................................................................................................................................. 31
 
Raises Taxes On The Poor To Pay For Tax Breaks For The Rich ............................................................ 31
 
 
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Does Not Balance The Budget .................................................................................................................. 32
 
 Violated Proposed Balanced Budget amendments ........................................................................................................................... 33
 
Ryan On His Plan ....................................................................................................................................... 33
 
Ryan Plan In Presidential Politics .............................................................................................................. 35
 
Editorial Reactions ..................................................................................................................................... 35
 
Ryan-Wyden Proposal ................................................................................................................................ 38
 
Medicaid .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 39
 
Social Security ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 39
 
Spending Programs ................................................................................................................................................................................ 40
 
 Taxes ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 40
 
Other Budget Plans ..................................................................................................................................... 41
 
2007 Budget Alternative ....................................................................................................................................................................... 42
 
Ethics and Style .................................................................................................................... 43
 
Personal ...................................................................................................................................................... 43
 
Ethical Issues.............................................................................................................................................. 45
 
Private Travel .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 45
 
 Troha Fee Deal ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 46
 
Influence ..................................................................................................................................................... 47
 
Rhetoric ...................................................................................................................................................... 49
 
Ideology ...................................................................................................................................................... 49
 
Occupy Wall Street ................................................................................................................................................................................ 53
 
ISSUES .................................................................................................................................. 54
 
 Abortion ................................................................................................................................ 54
 
 Access ......................................................................................................................................................... 54
 
Contraception Mandate .............................................................................................................................. 55
 
Criminalization ........................................................................................................................................... 55
 
Federal Funding Ban .................................................................................................................................. 55
 
Fetal Protection .......................................................................................................................................... 56
 
Funding ...................................................................................................................................................... 57
 
Notification ................................................................................................................................................. 57
 
Partial Birth Abortion ................................................................................................................................. 58
 
Planned Parenthood ................................................................................................................................... 58
 
Roe v Wade ................................................................................................................................................. 58
 
Stupak Amendment .................................................................................................................................... 59
 
Stem Cell Research ..................................................................................................................................... 59