According to Fox News, Washington is buzzing about Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan’s take-no-prisoners approach to budget cuts — manifested in his budget proposal that would slash federal spending by $6.2 trillion over 10 years and overhaul health programs for the elderly and poor.
But it’s not just the 7th-term Congressman’s penchant for number crunching that’s drawing attention. He’s also selling his ideas like a true pitchman.
According to Fast Company, the video above took its inspiration from a BBC documentary by Swedish global health professor–and stats nerd–Hans Rosling.
“When people are talking about budgets, the audience has a tendency to doze off,” Dan Hayes of Freethink Media (the video’s producer), said. “We wanted to make the visuals compelling.”