Dear Representative,

On behalf of more than 1.7 million Americans for Prosperity activists in all 50 states, I urge you to support both Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s H.Con.Res. 34 and the Republican Study Committee’s budget alternative. These budget resolutions for FY2012 set out a clear picture for the federal budget’s future that is compassionate, sustainable and properly limited.

I urge you to vote Yes on H.Con.Res. 34, Chairman Ryan’s budget resolution and Yes on the RSC budget resolution. AFP will rate these votes in our congressional ratings.

Chairman Ryan’s FY2012 budget resolution is a bold and serious policy document that tackles many of the federal budget’s most deeply embedded flaws. Ryan’s budget spends $6.2 trillion less than President Obama’s budget. While many in Washington lack the political courage necessary to propose much-needed changes to entitlement programs, Ryan’s budget provides premium assistance to seniors on Medicare and block grants federal Medicaid funds. At the same time, Ryan’s budget takes the proper fiscal conservative position by honoring our current obligations to Americans who are already in both of these programs. Blocking granting Medicaid is a particularly important reform to a welfare program with an outdated and unsustainable funding model. Block granting Medicaid builds on the success achieved in the AFDC-TANF transition of 1996.

The RSC’s FY2012 budget resolution is also a key document that proposes $55 billion more in 302(a) discretionary cuts for FY2012 than Ryan’s proposal. Additionally, the RSC budget balances within the 10-year window. However, the RSC budget proposes raising the retirement age on Social Security. This change would make Social Security’s current bad deal for workers even worse. AFP would prefer to see reforms that uphold our commitments to current seniors while allowing future retirees the option to control a portion of their Social Security funds in personal accounts that have real value and contribute real investment to the economy.

I urge you to vote Yes on H.Con.Res. 34, Chairman Ryan’s budget resolution and Yes on the RSC budget resolution. AFP will rate these votes in our congressional ratings.

Sincerely,

James Valvo
Director of Government Affairs
Americans for Prosperity

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