David Fagelson is associate professor of justice, law and society for the School of Public Affairs at American University in Washington, D.C. He wrote the article “Rights and Duties: The Ethical Obligation to Serve the Poor” for the journal Law & Inequality (1999).

Read a statement from the Center for Media and Democracy’s PR Watch saying the budget worried Ryan’s former parish priest.

Read a statement from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities explaining which programs would see cuts under Ryan’s budget.

Read a report from the Tax Policy Center saying the proposed budget would burden lower- and middle-class Americans.

Read a report from the Tax Policy Center explaining the budget.

Read a statement from Faith in Public Life calling Ryan’s budget immoral.

Read a letter from Georgetown faculty to Ryan telling him he’s misusing Catholic teachings in trying to explain the reasoning behind his budget proposal.

Read a statement from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops saying the federal budget must look out for the poor.

Read a statement from Network, a national Catholic social justice lobbying organization, calling for a budget that is a “stark contrast” to Ryan’s.