House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) budget plan for fiscal year 2014 allocates nearly 97 percent of its proposed cuts to the portion of federal spending that is already projected to decline over the next 10 years. To the portion of the federal budget that is expected to rise, Rep. Ryan allocates just 3 percent of his proposed cuts. These simple numbers put the lie to the notion that the Ryan budget is in any way a responsible solution to the legitimate fiscal challenges the country will face in the coming years.