Republicans promised a balanced budget by 2024 but would do so at the expense of poor people and seniors on Medicaid, lower income workers receiving "Obamacare" tax assistance, and the 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, using $1.5 trillion in tax hikes over the coming decade to bring deficits down to environmentally friendly but still large levels in the $600 billion range.The GOP decide, By Budget panel Chairman Paul Ryan, R }