Paul Ryan’s (R, WI) Big Brother bullying

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All bullies come back to more bullying.


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Paul Ryan’s (R, WI) Big Brother bullying

Paul Ryan’s Big Brother bullying

Cap Times editorial madison.com | (17) Comments | Posted: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 6:55 am
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., touts his 2012 federal budget during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE - Associated Press

Congressman Paul Ryan claims to be a big fan of the novelist Ayn Rand, the libertarian favorite whose books celebrated bold and unexpected acts of rebellion against authoritarians.

The House Budget Committee chair positions himself as such a Randifarian that he requires his staff to read the Russian immigrant’s essays.

But, while Rand at her best celebrated creative dissent, Ryan’s got a big problem with it.

The Janesville Republican was set to take his star turn Friday, with the easy passage of his plan to begin the process of privatizing Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid — not for the purpose of balancing the budget but rather to steer federal funds into the coffers of Wall Street speculators, who have funded Ryan’s rise to prominence.

But things didn’t quite go as expected.

The Republican Study Committee, dominated by conservatives of a libertarian bent, had proposed far deeper spending cuts than Ryan and his corporate benefactors desired. Ryan and his corporate compatriots decided to let the RSC plan go to a vote, along with proposals by the Congressional Black Caucus and the Congressional Progressive Caucus for more humane budgeting.
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[midnight]

1. Wall Street needs to get a real job, and stop using the American tax payer as a piggy bank..