- Paul Ryan's budget would cut $5.3 trillion in government safety net spending for the poor and redistribute $4.3 million to the rich through tax cuts to stave off an "insidious moral tipping point." http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/paul-ryans-budget-hurts-the-poor/2012/03/20/giqax73lqs_story.html 1477 comments politics