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Jan Schakowsky

Paul Ryan’s roadmap frightens me!

I served with Rep. Ryan on the 18 member Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, and learned firsthand from the personally congenial Ryan just how dark his vision of America’s future is for all but the super-rich…

Considering his zeal for propping up the super rich, I wasn’t surprised when the Washington Post revealed that Budget Chairman Paul Ryan “has taken $1.4 million from banks, hedge funds, investment houses and other financial services companies.” It’s a two-way street between Ryan and his Wall Street pals — but the shrinking middle class, the poor, and others who benefit from bedrock American support programs including seniors and those with disabilities just keep hitting road blocks.

The Republicans led by Ryan are determined to keep serving only their wealthy constituency and push the rest of America down a dangerous road that threatens what has long been a consensus vision of our country as the land of opportunity for all.

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I’m sold. Ryan’s roadmap it is.

amerpundit on January 24, 2011 at 9:10 PM

I love the new tone!

SouthernGent on January 24, 2011 at 9:11 PM

It is you Lady Jan that scares me and not Paul. Your ideology is not the American Dream.

hawkman on January 24, 2011 at 9:11 PM

Jan Schakowsky: the most radical Leftist in Washington today, period.

See for yourself.

visions on January 24, 2011 at 9:13 PM

Paul Ryan’s roadmap frightens me!

You would have to turn in your ‘Over Emotional, Over Reacting, Hand Wringing, Some One THink of TeH Children, We Know What’s Best for You’ card if it didn’t…

BigWyo on January 24, 2011 at 9:14 PM

I love the new tone!

SouthernGent on January 24, 2011 at 9:11 PM

Notice how she throws in:

I served with Rep. Ryan on the 18 member Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, and learned firsthand from the personally congenial Ryan

She’s trying dammit!!!

BigWyo on January 24, 2011 at 9:17 PM

I need to look before I leap. I let you chump me into going to that cesspool, HuffPo. Curses! Plus, why must I suffer such fools as Schakowsky representing my deteriorating state of Illinois? Hag…

Big John on January 24, 2011 at 9:17 PM

Good ole Jan — the poster girl for involuntary commitment.

GnuBreed on January 24, 2011 at 9:19 PM

I served with Rep. Ryan on the 18 member Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform

Why would a PuffHo be on a committee about any type of “responsibility”?

It would be like Obama being on a committee about “transparancy”.

malclave on January 24, 2011 at 9:19 PM

My state of Illinois, according to the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, could see a $1.3 billion cut in federal support, forcing state and local government to lay off teachers and police and firefighters.

Puppies will die, children will be forced to pull farm plows, parents will have to sell themselves into bondage, and your toilet will overflow!

The states are collectively $1.8 trillion in debt, add that to the federal deficit and you’re talking real money. Chew on that, Jan.

Bishop on January 24, 2011 at 9:20 PM

Paul Ryan’s roadmap frightens me!

Then get out of the way, dip$hit, and let the adults take over.

IrishEi on January 24, 2011 at 9:21 PM

Scary other! Scary other!

alwaysfiredup on January 24, 2011 at 9:21 PM

And yeah, a little clue as to where the link leads would be helpful; I have this awful itch after visiting Huffglue.

Bishop on January 24, 2011 at 9:23 PM

Your jailbird husband frightens me, Jan.

Wethal on January 24, 2011 at 9:24 PM

Budget Chairman Paul Ryan “has taken $1.4 million from banks, hedge funds, investment houses and other financial services companies.”

Anybody care to find out how much darling Jan has taken from the same people?

alwaysfiredup on January 24, 2011 at 9:25 PM

Jan Schakowsky-unfrozen cave-congresswoman.

Dr. Carlo Lombardi on January 24, 2011 at 9:28 PM

Eh. She’s a commie, married to a commie felon. They are two of the leaders of the effort to socialize us.

juliesa on January 24, 2011 at 9:28 PM

The Rebublicans who are afraid to endorse Ryan’s Roadmap scare me.

If not now, when?

What election do the Rebulicans finally find the courage to take on entitlement reform?

The election before Social Security is scheduled to go bankrupt?

chief on January 24, 2011 at 9:38 PM

opportunity for all.

I don’t think he understands the meaning of that phrase.

OldEnglish on January 24, 2011 at 9:41 PM

LOL. Nothing like coming out of the gym into frigid air and firing up this site on my phone. Lotsa lols.

Sharke on January 24, 2011 at 9:42 PM

opportunity for all.

I don’t think he understands the meaning of that phrase.

OldEnglish on January 24, 2011 at 9:41 PM

That should be she, of course.

OldEnglish on January 24, 2011 at 9:42 PM

He also revives the discredited idea of privatizing Social Security and raising the retirement age. Good luck, Grandma!

Our grannies wouldn’t be affected. It would be an option for those under 55 IIRC. And the idea is not “discredited”.

He enthusiastically joined every Republican to vote to repeal the health care bill, despite the independent, non-partisan Congressional Budget Office declaring that repeal adds $230 Billion more to the deficit.

That was the first CBO analysis based on bogus assumptions. What she neglects to tell us is a second CBO look gave us a much different, sober view: repealing 0-care would save beaucoup bucks.

At worst, many Republicans want to go back to 2006 levels – Bush’s last budget. The Washington Post calculated that 2008 spending levels mean a 16% cut for the FBI, 13% for national parks, and more than a $1,000 cut in college Pell Grants from the current $5,500 maximum grants. My state of Illinois, according to the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, could see a $1.3 billion cut in federal support, forcing state and local government to lay off teachers and police and firefighters.

$1.3 billion cut

Schakowsky’s baseline is the bloated stimulus spending that is clearly unsustainable.

Rumor has it that Schakowsky is consulting with the sage Robert Mugabe on economic matters.

and create a value added tax

I’ve read the plan ….. and ….that’s not in it.

I could pick apart every sentence, but why bother? This representative isn’t fit to run a 7-11, much less weigh in on serious issues.

toliver on January 24, 2011 at 9:59 PM

Paul Ryan’s roadmap frightens me!

Fu*king Nitwit Leftist

That’s because you’re a nitwit leftist, Jan.

Jaibones on January 24, 2011 at 10:09 PM

I love the new tone!

SouthernGent on January 24, 2011 at 9:11 PM

My thoughts exactly. What a horrible diatribe from this idiot congress critter.

BryanS on January 24, 2011 at 10:15 PM

OK, darling. We collectively owe $14 trillion right now. If we amortize that over 30 years, it will cost us $560 million per year. How do you propose we settle that debt and keep your pet projects fully funded? HMMMM?

That’s what I thought. Now go sit in the corner, the adults have some work to get done.

Stegall Tx on January 24, 2011 at 11:24 PM

Common sense is pretty frightening to Liberals.

Yakko77 on January 24, 2011 at 11:48 PM

I need to look before I leap. I let you chump me into going to that cesspool, HuffPo. Curses! Plus, why must I suffer such fools as Schakowsky representing my deteriorating state of Illinois? Hag…

Big John on January 24, 2011 at 9:17 PM

And yeah, a little clue as to where the link leads would be helpful; I have this awful itch after visiting Huffglue.

Bishop on January 24, 2011 at 9:23 PM

Here’s a trick. Works on Firefox, not sure other browsers. Put the cursor over the linky, then look at bottom left of window, where it is saying ‘Done’ right now. It will tell you where linky wants to go.

Jimmy Doolittle on January 25, 2011 at 2:50 AM

For every ignorant comment I see on here, I find 6-7 of them on typical HuffPost blog. Man neo-liberals annoy me to hell.

V-rod on January 25, 2011 at 6:26 AM

The Republicans led by Ryan are determined to keep serving only their wealthy constituency and push the rest of America down a dangerous road that threatens what has long been a consensus vision of our country as the land of opportunity for all.

All I want the left to explain to me is this: how do poor welfare recipients create jobs? When has someone living below the poverty level set up a charitable foundation? When does someone receiving food stamps start up a Fortune 500 company.

I also want to remind all of you of this, especially with the Gosnell abortion story being another thread: have you heard anyone on the left lament that Gosnell made millions at his murderous trade? I haven’t.

But people who work at legitimate jobs, more moral than abortion by far, are horrible.

The hypocrisy is astounding.

NO one in America doesn’t want to be financially secure and/or outright wealthy. I hope that this argument of “the right only cares about the rich” starts backfiring BIG TIME.

englishqueen01 on January 25, 2011 at 6:37 AM

My state of Illinois, according to the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, could see a $1.3 billion cut in federal support, forcing state and local government to lay off teachers and police and firefighters.

Oh, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

ladyingray on January 25, 2011 at 7:09 AM

Ryan’s roadmap sucks. He needs a roadmap that will take us back to 8% GDP Federal spending with 80% of that 8% being defense.

Tim Burton on January 25, 2011 at 12:13 PM