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''The Path to Prosperity: Restoring America's Promise'' was the Republican Party's budget proposal for the United States federal government in the fiscal year 2012. It was succeeded in March 2012 by (The Path to Prosperity: A Blueprint for American Renewal ), the Republican budget proposal for 2013. Representative Paul Ryan, Chairman of the House Budget Committee, played a prominent public role in drafting and promoting both ''The Path to Prosperity'' proposals, and they are therefore often referred to as the Ryan budget, Ryan plan, Ryan proposal, etc.〔 The plans stand in contrast to the 2012 and 2013 budget proposals, outlined by President Barack Obama and the Congressional Progressive Caucus. The 2012 Republican proposal was formalized and passed by the House of Representatives on Friday, April 15, 2011 by a vote of 235 to 193, largely along party lines. No Democrats voted in favor of the bill, and only four Republicans voted against it: Walter B. Jones, Jr., David McKinley, Ron Paul and Denny Rehberg.〔 A month later, the Senate voted against the budget by a vote of 57–40.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Senate rejects budget measure containing medicare overhaul )〕 The 2013 proposal provides workers currently under the age of 55 (beginning in 2023) a choice of private plans competing alongside the traditional fee for service option on a newly created Medicare Exchange. Medicare would provide a premium payment to either pay for or offset the premium of the plan chosen by the senior. This was similar to a plan developed with Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, but different enough so that the Democrat opposed it. To secure Medicaid benefits, the budget proposed converting the federal share of Medicaid spending into a block grant indexed for inflation and population growth.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BLUEPRINT_FINAL 3192012 )〕 The 2013 proposal also caps non-defense discretionary federal spending at $1.029 trillion and consolidates the six existing income tax brackets into two. Congressman Paul Ryan published three videos in April 2011 on The Path to Prosperity. (America's Two Futures ), (Saving Medicare, Visualized ), and (Three Steps to Pro Growth Tax Reform ) In March 2013, Congressman Paul Ryan introduced H.Con.Res 25 to the House of Representatives, a new version of this budget updated for Fiscal Year 2014. The House voted 221-207 to pass H.Con.Res 25 on March 21, 2013. By July, the Ryan budget lost support when even House Republicans failed to support the THUD cuts.〔("Wonkbook: This is what it looks like when the Republican budget strategy falls apart." )〕〔("Republican fiscal splits erupt; Rogers rips party leadership on spending cuts." )〕 ==History== On May 21, 2008, Ryan originally introduced H.R. 6110, the Roadmap for America's Future Act of 2008.〔(H.R. 6110: Roadmap for America's Future Act of 2008 ). United States Congress. Government Printing Office.〕 This proposed legislation outlined changes to entitlement spending, including a controversial proposal to replace Medicare with a voucher program for seniors.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=Congressional Research Service )〕 The Roadmap found only eight sponsors and did not move past committee.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Library of Congress )〕 On January 27, 2010, Ryan released a modified version of his Roadmap, H.R. 4529: Roadmap for America's Future Act of 2010.〔(H.R. 4529: Roadmap for America's Future Act of 2010 ). United States Congress. Government Printing Office.〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A Roadmap For America's Future )〕 The modified plan would provide across-the-board tax cuts by reducing income tax rates; eliminate income taxes on capital gains, dividends, and interest; and abolish the corporate income tax, estate tax, and Alternative Minimum Tax. The plan would privatize a portion of Social Security, eliminate the tax exclusion for employer-sponsored health insurance,〔 and privatize Medicare.〔〔 Chief actuary of Medicare Rick Foster compared Ryan's "Roadmap" with the 2010 healthcare reform in congressional hearings, stating that while both had "some potential" to make healthcare prices "more sustainable", he was more "confident" in Ryan's plan.〔C-SPAN, ("Implementation of Health Care Law, Part 1," ) January 6, 2011.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Path to Prosperity」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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