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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPaul Ryan, Opponent of Paid Family Leave, Demands Congress Respect His Need for Family Time
Not The Onion!
http://theslot.jezebel.com/paul-ryan-opponent-of-paid-family-leave-demands-congr-1737781027
Ryan, whose wife and three young children reside in Janesville, Wisconsin, flies home for a visit every weekend. Thats nice. If only he believed that other Americans deserved the same.
In 2009, Ryan voted against a bill that would have given federal employees four weeks of paid paternity leave. ThinkProgress additionally notes that Ryan proposed cuts to child care subsidies for poor parents:...
And we certainly dont have any enshrined rules that guarantee fathers time away from work to spend with their 10-, 12-, and 13-year-old children. Perhaps if Paul Ryan hadnt spent much of his political career fighting laws that promote realistic work-life balance for parents of all socioeconomic levels, asking for family time would make him look more like a hero and less like a hypocrite.
Human101948
(3,457 posts)Travel: But the legislative perk to trump all others is travel, says Singer. Not only do you get to fly between D.C. and your home district on taxpayers through the members representational allowance, there are lots of ways you can globe-trot on somebody elses dime. Join a committee, for example, and you can participate in fact-finding trips all over the globe.
http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Articles/2010/08/04/Congress-Living-High-on-the-Backs-of-Taxpayers
Action_Patrol
(845 posts)The Legislative Branch of Government, not with Ryan.
Take this a-hole out of the equation and just look at what their job is, and I completely understand why they shouldn't pay out of pocket to return home.
Human101948
(3,457 posts)but would never vote to provide the same for workers outside of Congress. It's just goddamn gall!
Action_Patrol
(845 posts)Faux pas
(14,697 posts)for those who may not remember what an a**hole paul ryan is.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)to the freaks out there now. And, it only took a brief flickering moment for him to remind us !
Faux pas
(14,697 posts)lol
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)was just SO Ass-hole-y. Like - I am SO wonderful, I can demand I do whatever I please. Vote on shutting down the government tonight? Nope, gotta go home.
narnian60
(3,510 posts)houston16revival
(953 posts)only by the arrogance.
Seriously it's what they do at the top to thumb their noses at mere mortals.
They write the rules so they can break them while others must follow the rules.
Jchall2000
(30 posts)marble falls
(57,353 posts)names Paul Ryan qualifies for than just being a hypocrite.
ladym55
(2,577 posts)So the zombie-eyed granny starver gets time with HIS family on weekends, but in his home state of Wisconsin, workers lost that right this year. Huh. Guess only the wealthy and privileged get time with their families. Gotta love the "family values" of the Rethuglican party.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Every time I saw his face I had this uncontrollable urge to punch him, and I am not a violent, physical person. He just kind of brings that out in me. Somebody make him go away again.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,304 posts)NonMetro
(631 posts)Wants to be third in line for the presidency? Oh well, I guess that's about par for the course around here.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Just sayin'.