Former House Speaker Paul Ryan on fixing the debt crisis, entitlement reform and 2026 midterms

Paul Ryan Still Pushing For Means Testing On Social Security

Former cat-food commissioner proponent Paul Ryan hasn't changed his tune since he's been Speaker of the House. Ryan made an appearance on this Thursday's Squawk Box on CNBC, and was once again ringing the alarm bell over our debt and deficit. Ryan, of course, like all Republicans, doesn't want to raise the income cap to keep Social Security solvent. Instead, Ryan wants to raise the retirement age and means-test the program. He also repeated the …

Paul Ryan: 'Our Politics Are Just Fundamentally Unserious Right Now'

Thursday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” former House Speaker Paul Ryan said “our politics are just fundamentally unserious right now.” Co-host Andrew Ross Sorkin said, “You have been on this debt issue that we have in this country since I’ve known

Paul Ryan Drops Ominous Warning About America’s ‘Fundamentally Unserious’ Populist Politics

Former House speaker and GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan joined CNBC’s Squawk Box on Thursday and slammed the current state of American politics as “fundamentally unserious.” In a discussion about debt and monetary policy, Ryan pulled no punches in hammering the country’s out-of-control spending and deficit. “The Overton window in our politics is open for all these crazy ideas but closed for things like debt reduction. So our politics …

Former House Speaker Paul Ryan on fixing the debt crisis, entitlement reform and 2026 midterms

Paul Ryan, Solamere Capital partner, Teneo vice chairman and former House Speaker, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the growing U.S. debt, solving the debt crisis, welfare reform, 2026 midterm elections, and more.