Mark Pocan: “This is the fourth year in a row that the Republicans have introduced their roadmap for the future. If they took over…”

“This is the fourth year in a row that the Republicans have introduced their roadmap for the future. If they took over the House, the Senate, and the Presidency, what would they do? Who would be the winners and losers? The chairman of the Budget Committee said this is a win-win budget. It is a win if you are in the top percentile, and it is a win if you are in the second percentile, but the rest of us--the 98 percent-- certainly aren't winning. We lose 1.1 million jobs in 2015 and 3 million jobs in 2016 in the Republican budget. That is like firing every single person in the State of Wisconsin. We lose by slashing investments in infrastructure and science, in transportation and education, and for our seniors. The middle class taxpayers pay for it. We also lose on the fact that this has fuzzy math. The logic is terrible. To say this actually balances in 10 years is to say that Cheez Whiz is like real Wisconsin cheese. They cut the Affordable Care Act's benefits, but they keep the revenues, and they keep the savings, which is simply impossible. I hope the American public realizes that, if the Republicans take over, this is their roadmap. These are the cuts you are going to see, so I urge a ``no'' vote on the budget.”