http://mediamatters.org/research/2014/03/04/what-economists-say-about-paul-ryans-report-on/198328
resentative Paul Ryan's (R-WI) report on the alleged ineffFox News is providing ample, uncritical airtime to hype Repectiveness of government anti-poverty programs, despite condemnation from numerous economists that the report is misleading and inaccurate.
Washington Post: Ryan Report Questions Efficacy Of Anti-Poverty Programs. In an article outlining details of the forthcoming Republican House budget, Washington Post reporter Robert Costa noted that Representative Ryan's report, titled "The War on Poverty: 50 Years Later," offered an "often stinging" assessment of anti-poverty programs:
On Monday, Ryan (R-Wis.), the House Budget Committee chairman, published an often stinging 204-page critique of the federal government's anti-poverty policies, questioning the efficacy of dozens of initiatives and underscoring where Republicans say consolidation or spending reductions are needed.
"There are nearly 100 programs at the federal level that are meant to help, but they have actually created a poverty trap," Ryan said in an interview. "There is no coordination with these programs, and new ones are frequently being added without much consideration to how they affect other programs. We've got to fix the situation, and this report is a first step toward significant reform." [The Washington Post, 3/2/14]
seizing an opportunity to twist and create misinformation is the daily work of the do nothing republican party they do this because the real news does not match the lies they tell, in order to make themselves sound authoritative and all knowing "THEY LIE".
Economists: Ryan Report Misrepresents Our Research. According to an article in The Fiscal Times, numerous economists whose research was cited in Ryan's report have noted that their work was misrepresented across a range of issues, including the effectiveness of past welfare reform efforts and the effect of housing vouchers on labor outcomes. Additionally, Columbia University economist Jane Waldfogel claimed that, in its assessment of the war on poverty, the report "seemed to arbitrarily chop off data from two of the most successful years of the war on poverty." From The Fiscal Times (emphasis added):
i repeat "THEY LIE".
