{"id":4558,"date":"2011-04-09T00:29:02","date_gmt":"2011-04-09T05:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=4558"},"modified":"2011-04-09T00:29:02","modified_gmt":"2011-04-09T05:29:02","slug":"ludicrous-and-cruel-nytimes-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2011\/04\/09\/ludicrous-and-cruel-nytimes-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Ludicrous and Cruel &#8211; NYTimes.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>In the past, Mr. Ryan has talked a good game about taking care of those in need. But as the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities points out, of the $4 trillion in spending cuts he proposes over the next decade, two-thirds involve cutting programs that mainly serve low-income Americans. And by repealing last year\u2019s health reform, without any replacement, the plan would also deprive an estimated 34 million nonelderly Americans of health insurance.<br \/>\nSo the pundits who praised this proposal when it was released were punked. The G.O.P. budget plan isn\u2019t a good-faith effort to put America\u2019s fiscal house in order; it\u2019s voodoo economics, with an extra dose of fantasy, and a large helping of mean-spiritedness.<br \/>\nvia <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/04\/08\/opinion\/08krugman.html?_r=1&amp;hp\">Ludicrous and Cruel &#8211; NYTimes.com<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the past, Mr. Ryan has talked a good game about taking care of those in need. But as the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities points out, of the $4 trillion in spending cuts he proposes over the next decade, two-thirds involve cutting programs that mainly serve low-income Americans. And by repealing last year\u2019s &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2011\/04\/09\/ludicrous-and-cruel-nytimes-com\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ludicrous and Cruel &#8211; NYTimes.com&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reposts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4558\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}