Paul Ryan on MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews

Paul Ryan joins Chris Matthews to discuss fiscal challenges and "A Roadmap for America's Future"

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[medartist01]

NICE $500 SUIT, Paul. You sit there with your smarmy smile and million dollar income, with your family taken care of, and your Congressional Health Care... and say... SCREW YOU, MIDDLE CLASS AMERICA! It must be nice to DEFEND the TRILLIONS GIVEN TO THE FILTHY-RICH by your party during Bush, and the UNPAID-FOR WARS that your party birthed, and the "2008 Recession" that put millions out work, not only here, but overseas as well. The Bush Recession was like a tsunami in 2008.  Nice legacy.

[medartist01]

A BIG MILITARY COMPLEX is FINE for Ryan, but SCREW the elderly. Screw the MIDDLE CLASS. It must be nice, Paul, to turn your back on tens of millions of Americans, and generations of Americans who paid into Social Security and Medicare, and BECAUSE OF THE "2008 BUSH RECESSION" and the failed wars of the Republicans, and the BALLOONING of the National Debt under Bush, when he REDISTRIBUTED TRILLIONS to the filthy rich.. that now, now, NOW... the Middle Class have to pay to fix it. NO WAY!

[TheSlappyabromowitz]

That was an excellenet reasonable discussion. Paul Ryan is on target in many ways but he leaves the sacred cows in teh GOP unscathed the military budget and loopholes for Wall street. We spend twice as much as teh entire world combined on miltary expenditures and I can not fathom why we have bases in Germany and Japan. The miltary budget is the real third rail in American politics as no one wants to be called "soft" on the military.

[1990nrock]

I wonder if Matthews still wants to match the social democracy of Europe. It seems to be working out very well for them.

[Mezey5]

@rockon6191 Well Chris Matthews has his moments, this is one of them

[DillonDee1]

PROGRESSIVE TAXES - the rich pay a higher % of ncome in taxes than the middle class 1) Income tax REGRESSIVE TAXES - the middle class pays a higher % of ncome in taxes than the rich 1) Federal Social Security tax 2) Federal Gasoline Tax 3) Federal Beer & Wine Tax 4) Federal Tire Tax 5) Federal Cigarette Tax 6) Federal Telephone Tax 7) State Gasoline Tax 8) State Sales Tax 9) County Sales Tax 10) City Sales Tax + more than 200 more Ryan's plan will make the inc tax reggressive too

[DillonDee1]

REGRESSIVE TAXES - the rich pay a higher % of ncome in taxes than the middle class 1) Income tax PROGRESSIVE TAXES - the middle class pays a higher % of ncome in taxes than the rich 1) Federal Social Security tax 2) Federal Gasoline Tax 3) Federal Beer & Wine Tax 4) Federal Tire Tax 5) Federal Cigarette Tax 6) Federal Telephone Tax 7) State Gasoline Tax 8) State Sales Tax 9) County Sales Tax 10) City Sales Tax + more than 200 more Ryan's plan will make the inc tax reggressive too

[mistax2k]

Social Democracy! Did Chris Matthews just say he wants social democracy!

Paul Ryan was right. Europe is fiscally unsustainable and is convulsing and hemorrhaging. I don't get what progressives and liberals don't see. Socialist democracy leads to the potential for explosive inflation and a bureaucratic class that stifles innovation and entrepreneurial activities. Even in Germany, the bedrock of Europe, it takes months and sometimes years to get a business off the ground due to red tape.

[MavHunter20XX]

Get em Ryan

[rockon6191]

I rarely like Chris Matthews but I was very impressed with him in this interview, where he had a very adult conversation with Ryan about some difficult challenges America is facing. It's clear that their political perspectives are wildly different, but they put them aside to talk about a real and urgent problem that needs to be resolved- exactly what the entire country should be doing right now.