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	<title>Comments on: The lendendary Paul Ryan</title>
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		<title>By: Erich Vieth</title>
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		<dc:creator>Erich Vieth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 07:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grumpy:  How apropos that Ayn Rand did it all with &lt;em&gt;her&lt;/em&gt; own money, well, &lt;a href=&quot;http://dangerousintersection.org/2011/01/29/ayn-rands-real-world-position-regarding-government-benefits/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;except for that money she took from Social Security.  &lt;/a&gt;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Grumpy:  How apropos that Ayn Rand did it all with <em>her</em> own money, well, <a href="http://dangerousintersection.org/2011/01/29/ayn-rands-real-world-position-regarding-government-benefits/" rel="nofollow">except for that money she took from Social Security.  </a></p>
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		<title>By: grumpypilgrim</title>
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		<dc:creator>grumpypilgrim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 23:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even Romney doesn&#039;t support Ryan&#039;s budget.  One of its big problems is that it&#039;s revenue-neutral:  every dollar of cuts to social programs goes directly to tax cuts for rich folks and big corporations, rather than to reducing the deficit.  

But I&#039;ve figured out why Romney refers to those rich folks and big corporations as &quot;job creators.&quot;  To guys like Romney, &quot;creating jobs&quot; means walking in with your fat wallet, buying up a company that has *already created jobs*, firing all the employees, hiring half of them back at lower wages, and sending the remaining work to China.  Then, you pat yourself on the back for &quot;creating&quot; all the jobs in the company.  And, see, none of that is possible without a fat wallet to start with, so you need more money and more tax cuts...because actually creating *new* jobs isn&#039;t part of their &quot;job creation&quot; process.

Oh, and speaking of Paul Ryan...how did he get to be a multimillionaire having spent his entire career as a relatively unknown Washington politician?  Well, it seems he and his ancestors all got rich from government contracts.  See http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/08/14/688761/paul-ryans-family-business-built-on-government-contracts/.  It&#039;s like Romney claiming he saved the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics -- he conveniently omits mentioning that his first step was to beg the government for money.  See http://www.democrats.org/news/blog/mitt_romney_and_the_olympic_bailout/.  Apparently, being a Republican means gorging yourself on taxpayer dollars, then, when those taxpayers dollars have elevated you into a top tax bracket, complaining about the taxes that got you there.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Even Romney doesn&#8217;t support Ryan&#8217;s budget.  One of its big problems is that it&#8217;s revenue-neutral:  every dollar of cuts to social programs goes directly to tax cuts for rich folks and big corporations, rather than to reducing the deficit.  </p>
<p>But I&#8217;ve figured out why Romney refers to those rich folks and big corporations as &#8220;job creators.&#8221;  To guys like Romney, &#8220;creating jobs&#8221; means walking in with your fat wallet, buying up a company that has *already created jobs*, firing all the employees, hiring half of them back at lower wages, and sending the remaining work to China.  Then, you pat yourself on the back for &#8220;creating&#8221; all the jobs in the company.  And, see, none of that is possible without a fat wallet to start with, so you need more money and more tax cuts&#8230;because actually creating *new* jobs isn&#8217;t part of their &#8220;job creation&#8221; process.</p>
<p>Oh, and speaking of Paul Ryan&#8230;how did he get to be a multimillionaire having spent his entire career as a relatively unknown Washington politician?  Well, it seems he and his ancestors all got rich from government contracts.  See <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/08/14/688761/paul-ryans-family-business-built-on-government-contracts/" rel="nofollow">http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/08/14/688761/paul-ryans-family-business-built-on-government-contracts/</a>.  It&#8217;s like Romney claiming he saved the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics &#8212; he conveniently omits mentioning that his first step was to beg the government for money.  See <a href="http://www.democrats.org/news/blog/mitt_romney_and_the_olympic_bailout/" rel="nofollow">http://www.democrats.org/news/blog/mitt_romney_and_the_olympic_bailout/</a>.  Apparently, being a Republican means gorging yourself on taxpayer dollars, then, when those taxpayers dollars have elevated you into a top tax bracket, complaining about the taxes that got you there.</p>
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