Paul Ryan's New Budget Plan Would Hurt The Poor In These 7 Ways

Republican House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan is back with a new budget plan, which he claims would help America's poor "become independent." In reality, it may do little more than make them poorer, reports indicate.

The proposal, released on Tuesday, lays out plans to cut the budget by roughly $4.6 trillion over the next 10 years. Yet such deficit reduction relies on a familiar theme for the former vice presidential candidate: cutting down programs that the poor rely on.

The House Budget Committee did not return an emailed request for comment.

Check out 7 ways Paul Ryan's budget would hurt the poor:

• 1. Paul Ryan's Budget Would Kill Millions Of Jobs

  <a href="http://budget.house.gov/uploadedfiles/fy14budget.pdf">His plan would cut the budget</a> by $4.6 trillion over the next 10 years. <a href="http://www.epi.org/blog/ryan-proposes-path-jobs-slower-growth/">These budget cuts</a> would raise the unemployment rate, shrink the economy and eliminate 2 million jobs in 2014 alone, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a progressive think tank. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

• 2. Paul Ryan's Budget Would Cut Medicaid

  <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/13/us/politics/ryans-plan-aims-to-balance-budget-in-10-years.html?hp&_r=1&">His budget would slash Medicaid spending</a> by $756 billion and turn the program into a block-grant program for states. It also would eliminate Obamacare's Medicaid expansion, which would have provided Medicaid coverage for an estimated <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/12/paul-ryan-health-care-budget-cuts_n_2862275.html" target="_hplink">12 million more people</a>. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

• 3. Paul Ryan's Budget Would Let States Kick People Off Of Food Stamps

  <a href="http://budget.house.gov/uploadedfiles/fy14budget.pdf">His budget</a> would turn the food stamp program into a block-grant program for states. It also would encourage states to limit the amount of time that the unemployed can access food stamps and limit food stamp eligibility mostly to workers. (AP Photo/Dinesh Ramde)

• 4. Paul Ryan's Budget Would Cut Medicare

  <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/03/12/the-ryan-budget-in-one-chart/">His budget would cut Medicare spending</a> and turn the program into a subsidized private-insurance program. This would translate into <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/03/12/paul-ryans-budget-isnt-about-the-deficit/">less health care</a> for seniors, according to the Washington Post's Ezra Klein, as well as <a href="http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/budget/news/2013/03/12/56236/third-times-not-a-charm/">more expensive health insurance</a>, according to the left-leaning Center for American Progress. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)

• 5. Paul Ryan's Budget Would Repeal Obamacare

  If it stays in effect, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/12/paul-ryan-health-care-budget-cuts_n_2862275.html" target="_hplink">Obamacare</a> would reduce the number of uninsured Americans by 27 million by 2023, according the Congressional Budget Office. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

• 6. Paul Ryan's Budget Would Deny Welfare Benefits To People Who Aren't Working

  <a href="http://budget.house.gov/uploadedfiles/fy14budget.pdf">His budget would limit eligibility</a> for the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) welfare program mostly to people that are working. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

• 7. Paul Ryan's Budget Would Cut Funding For Programs That Help The Poor

  <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/03/12/the-ryan-budget-in-one-chart/">His budget would cut funding</a> for a variety of domestic programs -- potentially including child care, education, women's preventive health care and domestic violence prevention, according to the National Women's Law Center. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

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