In budget debate after debate, decade after decade, the overspending crowd has done a great job of convincing the American people that overhauling Social Security and/or Medicare is equivalent to betraying senior citizens. Some even go so far as to say seniors will be in poverty and, in one case, Grandma will be thrown off…

Republicans and Democrats have gotten into quite a tussle over Medicare, with Republicans claiming that President Obama’s health care law (i.e., ObamaCare) cuts Medicare by $716 billion (over 10 years). And Democrats are complaining that Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan’s “premium support” Medicare reform would force seniors to pay more out of pocket. Both…

The political left is conniving to make the case that Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan’s Medicare reform plan—which he co-sponsored with liberal Democratic Senator Ron Wyden (Oregon) and an earlier outline with liberal Democratic economist Alice Rivlin—is a radical departure from the current Medicare system that will hurt seniors. Don’t you believe it, and…

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan spoke out in support of H.R. 452, the Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011, which passed the Ways and Means Committee earlier today. H.R. 452 repeals the Independent Payment Advisory Board, a federal agency empowered to administer cost-cutting measures in Medicare without Congressional oversight. According to current law, Congress…

By Zayida Baker Rep. Steve Southerland, R-Fla., walked October 22 in Perry’s annual Forest Day Parade. Dressed in jeans, he ran from one side of the crowd to the other, chatting and shaking hands. That afternoon Southerland spoke with Zayida Baker of Tea Party Patriots. Find more of the interview here and here. ZAYIDA BAKER:…