Morning Must-Read: Jared Bernstein: Paul Ryan’s New Budget: Orwell Would Blush

Jared Bernstein: Paul Ryan’s New Budget: Orwell Would Blush: “It’s a lot like his old ones,

as you’d expect, with a few new wrinkles…. Here’s pretty much all you need to know: his cuts to Pell grants–college tuition assistance for students from low-income families–comes under the section called ‘Expanding Opportunity’. ‘Strengthening the safety net’ is actually block granting SNAP (food stamps) and Medicaid. ‘Ending cronyism’ is repealing Dodd-Frank.  Orwell would blush.