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mshasta

(2,108 posts)
Tue Oct 2, 2012, 07:33 PM Oct 2012

RYAN:ONLY 70% of americans want THE AMERICAN DREAM-

"Seventy percent of Americans want the American dream. They believe in the American idea. Only 30 percent want their welfare state," Ryan said. "Before too long, we could become a society where the net majority of Americans are takers, not makers."

Ryan's comments were delivered as part of his keynote address at The American Spectator's 2011 Robert L. Bartley Gala Dinner, which the magazine posted online. A reader tipped HuffPost to Ryan's speech, given in November -- six months before Romney's videotaped remarks.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/02/paul-ryan-30-percent-welfare-state_n_1933730.html#comments

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RYAN:ONLY 70% of americans want THE AMERICAN DREAM- (Original Post) mshasta Oct 2012 OP
Which is why so many Americans took loans they were told they could afford, found out that 2on2u Oct 2012 #1
Yeah, Risen Demon Oct 2012 #2
 

2on2u

(1,843 posts)
1. Which is why so many Americans took loans they were told they could afford, found out that
Tue Oct 2, 2012, 09:02 PM
Oct 2012

the subprime mortgages were a trap, got caught up in the housing bubble..... and lost their asses. Yep, they didn't want the home with a picket fence, cars or kids. Ryan you are a moron.

Risen Demon

(199 posts)
2. Yeah,
Tue Oct 2, 2012, 09:09 PM
Oct 2012

Maybe 70% of the ilk who share your ideals want YOUR version of the American Dream: Outsourcing for cheap labor, cheating taxes, manipulating and conning the masses all for the name of profit while holding a bible draped in an American flag sewn by some poor child over in China.

Suck my rooster Mr. Ryan!

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