Watching Paul Ryan on Face the Nation almost caused a blood vessel or 2 to pop today for a few reasons. First, why do I watch these shows? Ryan spews his lies and filibusters and the host, Nora ODonnell let's him go. I think she made one minor challenge, Ryan said it was untrue and then ...... end of debate. Ridiculous. And the networks wonder why blogs are growing and the place to go when you want to know something?
After his run around the talk shows he said he wasn't interested in VP, then on Fox, that he would consider it. And the best statement of the day was that he wasn't the one to come up with the tax loopholes that would be eliminated. REALLY!!!!
You are the "young gun", the smart guy in the room. The rising leader, leading member of the Budget committee. You are the guy that came up with a budget that was the path the country should be on. The way to keep the nation from being like Italy, Greece, etc. You are the savior.
Ryan has no issues coming up with suggestions and details for where programs that benefit the middle class and poor can be dramtically be cut. Pell Grants - Cut. Medicaid, medicare, food stamps, unemployment - Cut. He knows exactly how to save the world from the poor and middle class.
The rich - major tax cut. Defense spending, no cut, we need to keep it where it is. Subsidies to the oil industry - nope, won't mention that, it isn't a problem. And where will the elimination of loopholes be to justify the major tax cuts to the wealthy? Ooops can't think of any right now. Others will have to do the heavy lifting on that. And he also doesn't explain that the marginal tax rate will go down tp 25% for the wealthiest 1%. If Mittens is paying 14% with a marginal rate of 35%, imagine what he will get away with on 25%?
When will people realize that Ryan is nothing more than warmed over Reaganomics? When will people understand that this guy and his buddies are intellectually bankrupt. Even if their "theory" sounds good it would be devastating to the country. Look how austerity has done for Europe, worked out great hasn't it?
I just go to bed at night hoping that people at some point will wake up, open their eyes and go to the voting booth and vote these idiots out of office. Democrats aren't perfect and a few of them need to be out of office also. But at least let's get some people in Congress that realize you can't have everything you want. And that compromise produces some great things. Like the United States of America.