The Walkerville Weekly Reader

The U.S. PIRG, the national federation of state PIRGs, came out in support of Congressman Payl Ryan’s budget plan today. According to spokesperson Moses Corvus, the Ryan “Roadmap to America’s Future” ends subsidies for big agribusiness companies like Cargill and Monsanto, as well as other companies who are unfairly connected to the current administration, like Solyndra and GM. Corvus added that such subsidies unfairly privilege these companies over smaller, less connected ones, and that the subsidies end up “pushing junk products on the American Market.”

According to U.S. PIRG, the genius of the Ryan plan is that it reduces taxes while removing subsidies so that, on average, the tax burden on businesses is the same. “Companies that relied on subsidies will see their tax burden rise, and companies that did not will see their tax burden fall. Consumers will, on average, see no price increases due to the Ryan plan, unlike Democratic proposals that remove subsidies without lowering taxes.”

Corvus says that consumers might even see an overall drop in prices, since the Ryan plan reduces the regulatory burden on businesses as well as leveling the field.

“As we head into the 2012 election,” said Corvus, “it is U.S. PIRG’s position that only candidates who support the Ryan plan should be considered serious contenders for national office.”

According to Corvus, the Ryan plan is the only currently-proposed plan in the public interest. “The Democrat plans, rather than leveling the playing field for small businesses and companies that aren’t as connected, just raise taxes, and this will cause prices to rise.”

U.S. PIRG says that this will make everyday products such as syrup, candies, corn, butter, and bread more expensive, without any corresponding drop in the prices of previously-unsubsidized products to make up for it.

An uncomfortable President Obama signs the Democrat’s two-month payroll tax cut. “It was this act of incompetence by the Democrats that convinced me to look for an alternative party.”

President Obama is heading into his re-election campaign with plans to step up his offensive against an unpopular Congress, concluding that he cannot pass any major legislation in 2012 because of Democratic inability to pass basic legislation.

According to the White House, the Democratic Senate of Harry Reid (D-NV) hasn’t even passed a budget in nearly three years, “including when they controlled both the Senate and the House,” said the President. The Republican House has passed a budget, “but Reid won’t discuss it.” The Senate hasn’t passed a recovery plan since the disastrous trillion-dollar crony bailout in 2009, but the Republican House has passed several. “But Reid won’t discuss them.”