claim: …obsessing about climate change is avoiding a frank discussion about the here-and-now problems of budget deficits, the federal debt, school choice, entitlement reform, and so on.
evidences.evidence_id: Political positions of Paul Ryan:102
evidences.article: Political positions of Paul Ryan
evidences.evidence: He suggested using discussions about raising the federal debt ceiling as "leverage" to reduce federal spending.
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evidences.evidence_id: Political positions of Paul Ryan:29
evidences.article: Political positions of Paul Ryan
evidences.evidence: He helped bring the issues of the national debt and the national deficit into the national policy debate.
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evidences.evidence_id: Political positions of Paul Ryan:31
evidences.article: Political positions of Paul Ryan
evidences.evidence: His positions on fiscal policy have included tax cuts, cuts to entitlement programs, freezes on discretionary spending, the elimination of automatic inflation increases in calculating budget baselines, deregulation, and the privatization of social security, Medicare, Medicaid, and education.
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evidences.evidence_id: United States federal budget:432
evidences.article: United States federal budget
evidences.evidence: Prior to the 2008-2009 U.S. recession, experts argued for steps to be put in place immediately to address an unsustainable trajectory of federal deficits.
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evidences.evidence_id: United States federal budget:538
evidences.article: United States federal budget
evidences.evidence: "Ignoring the Debt Problem".
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