Republicans promised a balanced budget by 2024 but would do so at the prices of poor people and seniors on Medicaid, low income workers receiving "Obamacare" financial assistance, and folks receiving food stamps and Pell Grants.Democrats countered with a plan that would leave Obama medical insurance option and rapidly growing health programs like Medicare intact, depending upon $1.5 trillion in tax hikes over the coming decade to bring deficits down to supportable but still large levels in the $600 billion range.The GOP structure, By Budget committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R }