Conservative Club for Growth Gave Paul Ryan Low Marks on Ryan Budget

You know conservatives are celebrating today. Paul Ryan is going to be on Mitt for Brain's ticket. Rejoice, rejoice, Mitt Romney moved to the right! Right?

Not exactly.

Paul Ryan's image as a conservative has been grossly exaggerated. He voted to send your tax dollars to the fiscally irresponsible banks and auto manufacturers with the bailouts. Someone who talks the talk like Ryan does showed in these instances he didn't walk the walk.

But there's the Paul Ryan budget. That's good right?

Not exactly.

If you remember right, the conservative Club for Growth gave the Paul Ryan budget low marks because it failed to shrink government and cut spending at any recognizable pace. The Club for Growth came out swinging against Ryan's budget showing just how poor it was in reality.

The Hill writes of the Ryan budget:


The conservative Club for Growth on Wednesday came out against the new House Republican budget proposal authored by Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (Wis.).

The Club faulted the Ryan plan for not balancing the budget quickly enough and for turning off the automatic spending cuts triggered by the failure of last year’s supercommittee.

Ryan and House GOP leaders are facing continued unrest among Tea Party-backed conservatives in the House over the details of the Ryan plan, which does not balance the budget until 2040. The Club for Growth statement could embolden a floor rebellion against the 2013 budget.

“Despite containing several important reforms and pro-growth policies, the Ryan budget falls short in two critical respects,” said Club for Growth President Chris Chocola. “First, it does not balance for decades. Secondly, it violates the Budget Control Act by waiving the sequester.”