Social security

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/paul-ryan-budget-proposal-sparks-criticism-from-both-democrats-gop/2012/03/21/gIQA4yjTSS_story.html

Summary

Proposed by Paul Ryan, the Republican House Budget has elicited many critisms from both Republicans and Democrats. The Budget Proposal is ambitious in its goals - eliminating governmental deficit by 2040. However, the means of attaining its goal, is not through both income tax increases and spending cuts but only spending cuts. Ryan proposes to resolve the federal deficit problem primarily through cutting costly entitlement programs such as Social Security, Medicare, Pell Grant, income-tax returns, food-stamps, and Medicaid. But other programs, such as defense spending, science programs, educational funds are also on the chopping block.

Connection
Whenever cuts in Social Security or Medicare occur, there will likely be a response from the retirees, whose welfare is dependent upon the funding of the programs. While Ryan's proposal, consisting of enormous budget cuts and no income tax increases to balance the federal budget, seems characteristic of Republican fiscal policy, he is ignoring the fact that the success of the party is dependent upon the electorates. In this case, by proposing to cut Social Security and Medicare funds, Ryan risks alienating the senior support for the Republican party.

Reflection
It is unsurprising that Ryan's aggressive proposal would face criticism from even his Republican peers. If his policy were to be implemented, the consequences would be outrageous, not only alienating senior voters, but also students, parents, the lower class, the middle class, and military personnel – essentially, all that's left is the wealthy class, and considering the population of the wealthy class, the Republican party's likelihood of gaining office would be low.