Paul Ryan on Meet the Press: Let's Advance Upward Mobility & Economic Opportunity

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Congressman Paul Ryan on NBC's Meet the Press
Sunday, October 9, 2011

"On the class warfare, there are a few points I would simply make if you'll allow me. Number one, the math just doesn't work. Raising all these taxes on small businesses doesn't work. It's not just taxing the movie star, the baseball player, the Wall Street person. You're taxing the engine of economic growth, small businesses. If you took all the income from every millionaire in America today, it would run the government for about four months.

Second, I have a better idea. Instead of job-killing tax increases, why don't we just stop subsidizing wealthy people? Let's go after the crony capitalism, the corporate welfare in the tax code, in spending and why don't we income adjust our spending programs so that we don't subsidize wealthy people as much. I think that's a better idea to get more savings in the budget and to get our debt down without doing economic damage.

And third, I think this rhetoric is fairly--is divisive. I think it's troubling. Sowing class envy and social unrest is not what we do in America."

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"I don't worry about people who are already rich. I'm worried about getting people to become successful, removing those barriers so that people who've never seen success before can actually become successful. When you keep raising all of these tax rates, all of these regulatory barriers on successful small businesses, how are we going to get the jobs of tomorrow? This redistribution idea of pitting people against each other does not work. It's divisive, and it hardly gives us the kind of attitude we want for businesses to take risks so they can succeed in the future."

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[poindexterwitkowsky]

~~^~^~^~^GOP's Paul Ryan uses"projection"when ACCUSING Obama of"class warfare". CLASS WARFARE is what REPUBLICAN$ have been waging for the last 30 yrs. Since the Reagan& Bush tax cuts, the wealthest have been paying less tax than at anytime in America's history. More jobs have been lost in said period than at anytime since 1929. PAULIE,everyone form NY to Janesville,WI (your hometown)to Seattle knows that YOU are out to DESTROY MEDICARE.~~^^TAKE YOUR CORPORATE DONATIONS& RETIRE.YOU'RE FINISHED.

[51516]

@GOPkicksbutt $2/hr? FUCK YOU ASSHOLE!

[gregjalbert]

Lawrence Lessig Supports Plan to Get Money Out of Politics as States Take on Citizens United (Corporate Takeover of Politics) - youtube . com/watch?v=F4XLW7SCD4o -- The 1% super-rich have far too much control of politics. We are the 99% and we want control of our government. End the corruption by monied interests. CommonCause . org -- Hold power accountable. -- citizen . org -- Publicampaign . org -- Tax financial transactions by Wall Street. Tax the super-rich.

[gregjalbert]

Bill Black's Handy Guide to Bankster Fraud, From 'Small Fraudulent Fry' to 'Septic Tank Scum'

The white collar criminologist calls out Bush and Obama for not prosecuting financial fraud and demands an end to the free pass for campaign contributors. bit . ly/v5JrhS

[USfutbol]

@poindexterwitkowsky Obama recieved more corporate donations than any other presidential candidate in history.

[DillonDee1]

I certainly agree w/ Paul Ryan that the Social Security entitlement must be addressed.

But what some people arent aware that this tax is now capped at $110k

REMOVE THAT CAP & THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED

[ronme1995]

A 1.5 Trillion cut in 10 yrs? They just spent over 5 Trillion in 3 yrs. Do you realize how much more spending is in the bills Obama wants passed? You know taxing the rich won't change your life or make your check any bigger, right? Not even if we take every penny they make for the next 10 yrs. It may send more of our companies overseas. I only care what's on my check. The tax regulations imbedded in everything we buy is nothing now. What will hit us in 2013 after the election? Read thomas.gov!!!

[ronme1995]

You're worried about Ryan destroying Medicare? You have no clue what the 'Patient Affordable Care Plan' is already doing..especially to old people. Obama did say at least once, "Well, we can't take care of everybody". In the original bill, the word secretary was in it over 2,000x, included Health Secretary or Treasury Secretary..pretty evenly. Physician/doctor was in it less than 400x and almost all was about imposing new regulations/less pay. Read the Bills people before you judge!!!

[Theblaze584]

Also Ryan shit on Gregory right there.

[Theblaze584]

@thekmbt.  You are honestly slow.. you claim to be a patriot yet call Paul Ryan "nigger" haha