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He's a repugnant little creep...
https://thinkprogress.org/paul-ryan-gop-pretending-debt-2cf216312547/
Paul Ryan says GOP is only pretending tax cuts will increase debt
The House Speaker claims it is just a trick to get past Senate rules
Josh Israel
Nov 5, 2017, 11:42 am
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) claimed on Sunday that the House Republicans tax bill wont really mean a huge increase in the national debt even though their own estimates say it will increase the debt by about $1.5 trillion over ten years. His reasoning: they are only pretending in order to trick the senate parliamentarian.
On Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace asked Ryan why he is pushing a bill that contradicts his prior promise that the bill would be deficit neutral and abandoning his longstanding claim of being a deficit hawk.
Ryan responded by explaining that in order to pass the bill through the senate with just 51 votes, Republicans must meet certain requirements in the way it presents the bill to the parliamentarian. This means, he said, that they could not rely on dynamic scoring essentially using optimistic estimates that tax cuts will lead to so much growth that they effectively pay for themselves.
So, instead, he explained, we did not want to leave it to chance that some bureaucrat un-elected would deny our ability to bring a tax bill through that is pro growth and that reflects those pro-growth estimates. But, he said, we are absolutely convincedand well have economic models that will show thisthat this will help grow the economy.
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https://thinkprogress.org/paul-ryan-gop-pretending-debt-2cf216312547/
Sneederbunk
(14,291 posts)Twitler
(86 posts)if this train goes where it is heading, he will be the president very soon.
dflprincess
(28,078 posts)in which case we get Orrin Hatch. Conservative, but relatively sane when compared to the others and probably not interested in running in 2020.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)personal Legacy. His Utah support has moved to Romney and he will take care of close personnel friends like the Supplement Industry,certain Real Estate Developers and of course his Religious ties.
Ryan is toast for 2020,if he moves on this Tax Bill to benefit his Campaign Fund supplier,Koch Industries,well,his Janesville District most likely will see one major Federal Tax Increase and with what is happening in the Wisconsin Legislature,his outlook is not positive.
C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)spanone
(135,832 posts)he will lie his ass off for it
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)Math is not Ryan's strong suit.