Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Chairman Ryan Gets 66 Percent of His Budget Cuts from Programs for People With Low or Moderate Incomes

March 15, 2013

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s new budget plan would get at least 66 percent of its $5 trillion in non-defense budget cuts over ten years (relative to a continuation of current policies) from programs that serve people of limited means, standing a core principle of the Simpson-Bowles fiscal commission on its head.