The budget for the federal government has been a major news story of late, and two competing plans for out nation’s long term finances will be a huge part of our national conversation over the summer.<\/p>\n
You might have heard about a plan proposed by Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin recently and also that the President gave a speech outlining his own ideas yesterday.<\/p>\n
Since I’m sure, like me, you were probably at work or in class during this speech I’ve dug up the official transcript<\/a> so you can read it.<\/p>\n Here’s representative Ryan’s detailed proposal<\/a> as well as some analysis of it<\/a>, courtesy of the CBO.<\/p>\n Note: This post previously stated in error that Representative Ryan was from Minnesota<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The budget for the federal government has been a major news story of late, and two competing plans for out nation’s long term finances will be a huge part of our national conversation over the summer. You might have heard Continue reading The Looming Budget Battle<\/span>