ddr

I SEE that is the headline that CNN used, but that doesn't make it fact. Where is the statement from officers who say Ryan had them arrested? It didn't happen.

ireport, LOL. Talk about quality information.

wiselady here is the storey.
Read more: http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-601806

I believe the Congressman doesn't like to throw political grenades and have them end up back in his lap. He gave a very partisan proposal, and when answered, he whines about being 'misled'. If the kitchen's too hot...

Paul Ryan Gets an Earful as Tour Bombs
Edited on Thu May-05-11 05:21 AM by Pharaoh
Source: Common Dreams

KENOSHA, WI — Paul Ryan, the smooth-if-not-always-substantive congressman, is the darling of the D.C. talk shows. The House Budget Committee chair, chosen by GOP House leaders to respond to President Obama’s State of the Union Address, is the prime pitchman for the Wall Street lobbying agenda on everything from privatization of Social Security to tax cuts for the rich. During Congress’ spring break, he took his show on the road. U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Janesville, makes a point during a listening session held Friday, April 29, 2011, in Union Grove. (SCOTT ANDERSON - Racine Journal Time)

When he claimed that he was serious about balancing the budget, someone in the crowd shouted: “That’s not what the Congressional Budget Office says.” And the room erupted with cheers for the correction of the congressman’s attempted deception.

When Ryan claimed his Republican budget plan would save Medicare and Medicaid, the packed room erupted with shouts of “Liar!”

When Ryan claimed that he didn’t want to replace Medicare with a voucher system but rather with “choices,” a woman piped up: “You can call it what you want, but don’t tell us that it’s still Medicare.”

Read more: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/05...

Ryan is a corporate puppet... How does he sleep at night knowing that he is taking food out of my babies' mouths to feed the super wealthy?

Here are several more accounts of your "story".

Eighty-Nine Arrested Protesting Paul Ryan's Medicaid Cuts

http://www.thenation.com/blog/160361/eig...

89 arrested in Medicaid plan protest

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/051...

ddr

Is this the story you are talking about? I don't see anything that says Ryan had them arrested. The CNN site did not say that either. Protests are limited to the main floor rotunda, certainly NOT in the offices.

Disability-rights group protests at Ryan’s office over Medicaid

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/158955...

bebe53, please go back to school and get an education.

Rep. Ryan orders protesters with disabilities arrested
1 hour ago · “I think it is ridiculous we have to get arrested to be able to talk to our members of Congress. But Medicaid funding means life and death for seniors and people with disabilities so, if arrests are necessary, we will do it again,” said Bruce Darling, an organizer with Rochester, NY. ADAPT, who spent the night jailed. Under the Ryan Plan, Medicaid programs would be cut by 35%, which translates to a loss of $772 billion in human services. Additionally, the Ryan Plan proposes a system of Medica
Discuss (7 posts) | CNN iReport

vatoloco, Social Security is fully funded and unlike defense spending, has been running in the black for years. As of the end of 2010, the accumulated surplus in Social Security stood at just over $2.6 trillion. Current receipts will continue to exceed expenditures until 2017. Thereafter, there will be a slight shortfall that will be made up by withdrawals from the growing $2.6 trillion filing cabinet of IOU's. Social Security isn't expected to begin deficit spending like the military until anywhere between 2025 and 2042 - depending on economic conditions. Simply put, it's not a spending program when it's running surpluses.

The working poor, middle class wage earners and our government are broke. They're all living on credit. Who's got the $14 trillion in capital that our government spent?

westorbust how big a deficit or how large a debt is too big?

straighttalk:"We've been living beyond our means for decades. Both parties are responsible"
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Yes and no I think. We don't have an economy without debt. Debt is not the enemy with a fiat currency. We've alway lived beyond our "means" in the sense that we borrow money to create wealth, which is exactly what happens. It sounds counterintuitive, but the budget of a country like ours is not like your household budget. It just isn't. I can't say that enough times, but the politicians ratchet up the rhetoric to induce fear, and fear is a great motivator and a great way to motivate an electorate. How do you think GW Bush got reelected?

Straightalk, no problem. Lets' just not try to fix our simple math problems by privatizing Medicare or Social Security. Medicare and Social Security are not welfare programs - they are not programs for the needy. Participants and supporters are not looking for a hand-out. It will be a new day in America when stop viewing health care for all as welfare.

We've been living beyond our means for decades. Both parties are responsible - they tell the people what the want to hear in order to get reelected, not the truth that people need to hear. Now, we are running out of options. Spending MUST be cut - we can't afford it any longer. Also, small tax increases are in order until we get through this. It's not GOP vs. DEMS: this is simple math. We can't spend more than we take in. And, we can't over tax and kill the economy. It's a new day in America. Help the people who need help, but to those just looking for a handout - the gravy train has come to a stop. America - pull your own weight!

let's just give everybody a voucher for all services and then we can spent all of our time comparison shopping.. what a bonehead idea

You would be surprised if you looked at the totals for spending between defense and entitlements...not even close; try again.

Who said the programs are ruining America? Do you read the news?? We are talking about Republicans, Ryan included, who have at nearly every turn tried to disembowel social programs since the New Deal (that is until the largest continuous voting block, senior citizens, pushes back), while trumping up the fear factor to make sure defense spending kept the military industrial complex humming, and in turn guaranteeing federal dollars be appropriated to defense budgets, while issues like health care reform took a back seat. If your screen name is an indication of who you are, then you certainly benefited from those policies.

Who said the programs are ruining america? The cost of the programs, in direct relation to other spending and revenue sources have stressed our nations finances. Ignoring that spending beyond means is a problem is evidence of an irrational position. Having a deficit or debt by themselves is not an issue. Ignoring the size of the two with respect to the GDP and how these have impacted our future budgets, debt payments, and climbing expenditures to pay for entitlements is a problem.

RAF, besides a few years here and there the US has had a budget deficit since 1776, yet here we are, alive and kicking. The shrill voices jumping up and down about the danger of the Federal deficit are the very same ones who wrote the checks to begin with. It's a political game. We removed ourselves from the gold standard to create a fiat currency that was not restricted by the deflationary aspects of gold, and relied on private banks to print and loan money directly to the Government. Those were policies that benefited the uber rich to begin with. That's the boat we are in. Cutting spending will do little to turn the economy around, yet "they" are trying to convince us that it was our fault and that social programs are destroying America. It's simply not based in fact, but figures are a funny thing. You'll never get many conservatives or Dems to agree on simple monetary and budget policy, simply because one sees it one way, the other sees it differently, and yet we all lose.

Don't play the game.

Thank you, President Obama, for getting Osama bin Laden.

MadeinUSA if thats all the money it takes to buy him these other companies, associations, and unions did too. Should they also leave wisconsin as well?

American Assn of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, AT&T Inc, American Assn of Orthodontists, Carpenters & Joiners Union, Associated General Contractors, Boeing Co, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Comcast Corp, Operating Engineers Union, Home Depot, Honeywell International, Humana Inc, Indep Insurance Agents & Brokers/America, National Beer Wholesalers Assn, National Venture Capital Assn, Natl Assn/Insurance & Financial Advisors, Deere & Co, and Aetna Inc.

Until the unemployed get back (in the private sector) to work, I just don't see any way out of this financial mess. Any plan is better than none.
www.usdebtclock.org

Interesting the "biggest culprit" was based on a faulty CBO projection, even stated in the article. Revenue "assumptions" were based on this: "CBO’s 2001 forecast assumed that tax collections would stay above 20 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product (defined as the total of all economic output) — well above the historic average of 18 percent of GDP." The interesting thing about CBO projections, they are based on a single budget that is replaced every year by law, and they never know what the next budget will have in it. When the government is spending +20% of GDP, well above historic averages for revenue collection, and then journalists assume the problem is a tax cut there is a problem; called reality.

The only two fiscal problem our nation has, spending and entitlements. Promises and spending made before money is received creates deficits if done wrong, accumulations of the deficits is the debt. We have spent more EVERY YEAR since the late 1950's then was received, this is nothing new. What is new, how fast the debt has grown in the past three years...all through spending.

Westorbust: Very appropriate post.

"The biggest culprit, by far, has been an erosion of tax revenue triggered largely by two recessions and multiple rounds of tax cuts. Together, the economy and the tax bills enacted under former president George W. Bush, and to a lesser extent by President Obama, wiped out $6.3 trillion in anticipated revenue. That’s nearly half of the $12.7 trillion swing from projected surpluses to real debt. Federal tax collections now stand at their lowest level as a percentage of the economy in 60 years."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/e...
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The current debt issues are created by multiple administrations over decades. The righties pretend that they had nothing do with it, and blame entitlement programs so the can end them, when in fact Ryan and his buddies are part of the problem. Facts are facts and figures are figures. I'm no Dem champion, but this is a political joke people.

When it comes to the Bush's and Ryan, the pot and the kettle are both black.

"I am sick of him lying through his teeth."
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Pot meet kettle.

Mouse you want me to comment on what you copied from the internet and posted here?

Most smart people will not take it for a grain of salt.

JS is quoting from a liberal think tank called The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. It's agenda is as far left as you can get.
Take it with a grain of salt.

JS: You should have what you posted here actually put in the written newspaper.

JS: Thank you for your very informative and thoughtful posts. The conservatives all need to read and digest the material.

Kiesha: You seriously need to read JS's posts and think about them. We all want a better America but we are smart enough to know that a better America is not coming under the Paul Ryan plan. Under his plan, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Our president saved us from another great depression. You should be thanking him instead of berating him.

I personally am sick of hearing Ryan talk about his plan, and I am sick of him lying through his teeth. I'm tired of him saying he is doing this for his constituents. NOT! He's doing it for his own pocketbook and for his buddies in the insurance industry.

Under Ryan's plan, we will go back to the days of the poor farms. That's where seniors will be living because they will have no other means. You will all be paying for them then anyway. So isn't it better for seniors to have a decent quality of living with Medicare and social security?

RAF has yet to give any ideas, thoughts or cognitive projections, and yet he tells others to. I've not heard one sane thing yet from him.

I am happy that Mouse has given us more information on the Bush family. That is making sicker yet.

This is pretty simple people. You either want what we've been doing in the past which has made up more debit than all nations on the planet combined, or change directions, take our hits and body blows, and make it so we can get back to work. Persoanally I am sick of this man in the White House and his unwillingness to take on the tough issues. He's no leader, he's not even a poor follower, and he sure as heck has never run ANYTHING IN HIS LIFE. He ouldn't run a sweatshop. Paul's plan will work, and the White House plan, which is not even a plan unless failure is your goal, is DOA.
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Obama has said (paraphrasing) only government can solve a problem this large.
Reagan said Government is not the solution, government is the problem.
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Just who do you believe in, the people or the problem makers?

"argue point by point"? lol, these are the gazette comments and I'm pretty sure nobody has or will have their mind changed by any "dialogue" here. Politics are 99% opinion and 1% fact. It's the 1% that the conservatives want you to ignore.

Thank you JS for posting that.

Ryan's plan and Pell Grants-
"In addition, the plan almost certainly would lead to large cuts in investments critical to future economic growth, like infrastructure, education, and basic research. For one thing, the plan cuts a stunning $1.6 trillion from non-security discretionary programs over the coming decade, so cuts in those areas would be hard to avoid...Pell Grants warrant particular mention. The plan’s cuts in Pell Grants would mean that — while cutting heavily into medical, food, and housing assistance for low-income Americans — the Ryan plan would cut rungs off the opportunity ladder by making it harder for many low-income students to afford a college education. The Ryan documents justify the Pell Grant cuts by claiming they are needed to keep tuition from rising, but that stands matters on their head. While there is some evidence that higher student aid places upward pressure on tuition, the Ryan budget itself would force tuition up, even as it cuts Pell Grants. Tuition charges for community colleges and public universities are rising across the country now primarily because states — facing budget shortfalls — are raising them significantly. The Ryan budget’s $1.6 trillion in cuts in non-security discretionary programs would squeeze state budgets much further because a third of all federal non-security discretionary funding consists of grants to states and local governments. By significantly worsening state fiscal outlooks, these cuts would likely force further tuition increases, even as the Ryan budget would cut Pell Grant amounts and restrict access to those grants."
http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=vie...

http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=vie...
"Ryan has said that he borrowed some ideas from President Obama’s fiscal commission, which was chaired by Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson. But in a sharp departure, it stands a core principle of the Bowles-Simpson plan on its head. The co-chairs called for policymakers to set, as a basic principle, that the deficit should be reduced in a way that does not increase poverty and inequality; they called for protecting low-income and vulnerable Americans. The Ryan plan, in contrast, aims by far its most severe blows at those people — even as it drops all of the Bowles-Simpson revenue-raising measures that would secure their largest revenue increases from people at higher income levels."
"the Ryan plan secures no deficit-reduction contribution at all from closing special interest tax breaks, such as breaks for big oil companies or Wall Street traders who exploit loopholes to pay taxes at low rates — even though such prominent economists as former Reagan advisor Martin Feldstein has said that “tax expenditures” constitute the biggest source of wasteful spending in the budget and should be the first place that policymakers look for cuts. The Ryan plan does call for tax reform that would broaden the tax base. But every dollar of revenue gained would go for cutting tax rates well below Bush-era levels, especially for the richest Americans whose top rate would fall to 25 percent. Not a penny would go for deficit reduction."

http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=vie...
"the Congressional Budget Office report reveals that the Ryan plan would raise the age at which people become eligible from 65 to 67, even as it repeals the health reform law's coverage provisions. This means 65- and 66-year-olds would have neither Medicare nor access to health insurance exchanges in which they could buy coverage at an affordable price and receive subsidies to help them purchase coverage if their incomes are low. This change, which is not mentioned in the 73-page booklet on his plan that Chairman Ryan released, would put many more 65- and 66-year-olds who don't have employer coverage and can't afford insurance into the individual insurance market — where the premiums charged to people in this age group tend to be very high — leaving them uninsured. People of limited means, such as those who are trying to get by on incomes as low as $12,000 a year in today's dollars, would be affected most harshly because they wouldn't be able to afford private coverage"
"in 2022, the first year the voucher would apply, CBO estimates that total health care expenditures for a typical 65-year-old would be almost 40 percent higher with private coverage under the Ryan plan than they would be with a continuation of traditional Medicare. (SEE GRAPH.) CBO also finds that this beneficiary's annual out-of-pocket costs would more than double — from $6,150 to $12,500. In later years, as the value of the voucher eroded, the increase in out-of-pocket costs would be even greater"

"CBO wrote that "Paying more for health care would be particularly challenging for elderly people with less savings and lower income." And Alice Rivlin said that she does not support Ryan's new proposal. Rivlin observed that it would result in a massive cost-shift over time to beneficiaries and that the growth rate Ryan set for his vouchers is "much, much too low" and "I don't think that's defensible."

RAF-See what I mean-They're ignorant and every comment they make proves it.

In order to debate one needs to provide ideas/thoughts/cognitive projections and then debate them based on reasonable facts, point by point, to this point there are very view liberals willing to do that; certainly not any here.

Ron Paul should run for prez again.
He is for stopping all the stupid spending AND staying out of these wars/debacles.

That exactly how liberals feel too.
Debating with conservatives is a tough proposition. They don't want to hear a liberal viewpoint or learn anything different from their own ideas. Debate is difficult as their views are based almost entirely on how they feel, not that which is practical or realistic. This is often taken to the point of absurity. Arguing with a a self-imposed ignorant conservative is not worth the time and effort. You'd be better off talking to your dog.

And, my dog is smarter than most conservatives.

How do you know that mouse is not right? You don't.

RAF-Debating with liberals is a tough proposition. They don't want to hear a conservative viewpoint or learn anything different from their own ideas. Debate is difficult as their views are based almost entirely on how they feel, not that which is practical or realistic. This is often taken to the point of absurity-I.E. mouse calling Ryan the antichrist. Arguing with a a self-imposed igorant liberal is not worth the time and effort. You'd be better off talking to your dog.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzlG28B-R...

RAF: You are the one who is dense, not me.

And those are not lies, as enough people on this post have told you. There are so many people who have given you answers but none of them satisfy you. Apparently you would even support "the devil in sheep's clothing."

You have what is called a "closed mind."

Too bad for you, and all the other people who think like you.

I wonder if the people that dislike the ryan plan have taken the time to compare it with the budget the democrats passed last year in congress.....

concerned what GWB policy, partial policy, indirect action, or direct action caused the crash?

concerned you are really dense.

Previously Posted:
concerned said "In Ryan's plan, there is no provision to protect people from denial of coverage because of pre-existing conditions which most seniors have. The insurance companies will still take their premiums though, and be able to deny coverage."
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Wow, more lies and false information from a person unable to support any position with facts. For someone that "claims" to have read the plan you continually lie about whats in it.

Under Ryan's plan:

- Establishing High-Risk Pools. State health insurance high-risk pools will offer affordable coverage to individuals who would otherwise be denied coverage due to pre-existing medical conditions, making coverage affordable for those currently deemed “uninsurable.”

- Guaranteed Access to Care. The Exchange will require all participating insurers to offer coverage to any individual regardless of the patient’s age or health history.

"If Ryan were to get his way and get rid of Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security"
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Not true. Ryan wants to change the entitlement plans to preserve them, through regulatory and financial changes needed to provide for future american's. Only lefty loons echo he wants them gone.

RAF: You haven't shown me one thing, not one.

Pre-existing conditions ARE NOT ADDRESSED in his plan. He won't talk about that issue at townhalls.

RAF: It's part of history. The crash occurred under GWB. Accept it.

RYAN HAS NEVER ADDRESSED THE ISSUE OF PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS. NEVER!
He is afraid to address that issue. He knows the backlash he will get.

concerned what GWB policy caused the crash?

"Why doesn't Ryan address the issue of pre-existing conditions?"
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Again with this? You have already been shown it does.

If Ryan were to get his way and get rid of Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, there would be a return of the poor farms. And that is where senior citizens could live out their days. And we would be paying for their care anyway. They just wouldn't have a decent quality of life like they do with Medicare. And they wouldn't be able to own their own homes, etc. People just don't seem to realize that could happen.

Ryan doesn't have a clue.

Why doesn't Ryan address the issue of pre-existing conditions?

GWB's policies didn't work and in his last term as president, in September, 2008, that's when the Wall Street fiasco occurred. You have him to blame for much of what is wrong. He almost put us in the next Great Depression.

ddr doing nothing will cause the loss of medicare...guess that is over your head.

RAF: It is not false. People asked him questions at the townhalls, and he did a "pick and choose" which ones to answer. HE DID NOT ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT HE WASN'T COMFORTABLE WITH. There's plenty of video coverage on it. The guy who asked Ryan how the Ryan plan would help his grandmother, well, Ryan never gave him a concrete answer. The woman who told Ryan that he was screwing the second and third generations, Ryan told her to sit down. You call this answering their questions?

RYAN IS NOT COMPETENT ENOUGH TO ANSWER QUESTIONS WHEN IT IS CONSTITUENTS WHO DON'T AGREE WITH HIM.

There are many senior citizens who have asked questions and did not receive adequate answers. The list of seniors turning against him is growing everyday.

A BIG DEAL is the fact that his plan does not have provisions in it for addressing "pre-existing conditions." Everyone should be questioning him on that, whether you are a senior citizen or not.

I do not know why anyone would want to lose social security and medicade. But that is what Ryan is doing taking them away. You are on your own. Who will insure you at 65 years of age? Do you want to work until you die. Well, that is what will happen. Out of 39 countries The United States is number 39 in the amount of entitlments the citizens get. So guess we can't get any lower.

concerned, I find it intriguing how you claim ryan does not provide answers, which is utterly false since you just don't like the answers provided, while you hide and never answer questions yourself...this is called hypocrisy.

concernerperson You are so far off on your comments it is not funny. I feel sorry for you that you are so ignorant as to what is really going on. There is not a dimes difference in the two partys. They are controlled and munipulated and funded by the people behind the scenes that run this country ( illuminati) The guy in the White House is an out and out COMMUNIST. If you want to live in a communist country keep supporting him. Hi was born in Africa. He is a conn artise.

the real problem is Big banks, Big Government, and Big Corporations. Unfortunately these are the people that all run our country. We need the Government smaller, the banks to stop screwing us all, and the big corporations to back off. Fortunately, there is a plan to help make the government smaller. This plan is also calling out the major corporations to justify their breaks, the only thing it is not doing is keeping the banks from screwing us all over. Paul Ryan is trying to do good in this whole thing, people just arent used to that happening.

Gandalf interesting theory that attempting to compare ryan's plan would muddy the waters. The reality of my comment was the last democratic congress didn't even pass a budget nor did they have a plan to do any thing, besides spend more money; increase the debt.

All this hysteria over a plan (ryan's), most of which will never make it into law, yet not one complaint from these same people when their government had no plan. Pretending the "status-quo" is sustainable is ignorant. The best thing about ryan's plan so far, it forced some of the uninformed to look at the facts involved in our nations finances. Many of the uninformed will stay that way predicated on left wing thoughts of a strange utopia of fairness where all should get everything free; ..............nothing is free

westorbust: You are correct. Conservatives, including Paul Ryan, need some "serious" face time with the mirror.

Gandalf: I am sorry for the plight you are in. If I knew how to contact you other than on this blog, I would be willing to help even though I am not in the best shape myself. I believe in the Christian way, something Paul Ryan knows nothing about.

I am going to say something here that both Democrats and Republicans should listen to. This next campaign for the Presidency of the U.S. is going to be the dirtiest and the most rotton in the history of the U.S. Republicans like Paul Ryan need to change their ways in a hurry. If they don't, it will be the downfall of the U.S. The poor and the middle class cannot afford to continue to support people like Paul Ryan. He only supports the rich and the upper crust 2% in this nation. And, I believe he knows this. He is going to ride out the gravy train as long as he can. If Mr. Ryan wants a decent U.S. to live in, he had better start listening to our President.

Our President, Barack Obama, has saved us from the next Great Depression. It started under GWB, and thank the Lord, for Barack Obama, he came at the best time for us and for America. Without him, we would have seen a depression worse than the last one.

The first Bush started part of the problem we have now. Then came President Clinton, who balanced the budget, and GWB inherited a balanced budget. American really couldn't afford the tax breaks that GWB gave us. But we all accepted them. With the war, that we should not have been in, GWB gave tax breaks to the wealthiest in our nation, when he shouldn't have. Look at WW II, and what the taxes were after that war. We needed to pay for the war that GWB put us in, but no, instead of doing what he should have done, he gave tax breaks to the wealthiest in our nation.

I know that Paul Ryan gets it. It is time he started listening to our President. Paul Ryan knows the truth and how we need to get to stability. But, as part of the elite of this nation, he will ignore the truth. And spout a a lot of crap, that WILL BE OUR DOWNFALL.

We are in the endtimes, if many Republicans don't wake up soon.

"Hipocrites"? Methinks the the Conservatives need some face time with the mirror.

Wow, Gandalf: I think we should have you as our president.

There are so many distortions in Ryan's proposal that it's mind boggling. Yet, the response from his supporters seem to be that if you don't have the solution to all our nations problems, you should shut up and not criticize - that his distortions, fabrications and lies are better than nothing. What a way to create success in total failure and race our country to the bottom.

RAF: Hypocritical did you say? Well, maybe you would like to answer for Mr. Ryan as to why he never answers his constituents questions at the townhalls.

Onedayatatime: Excellent response.

That is what I said before, Mr. Ryan thinks we are stupid. However, most of understand what he is trying to do. That is why he continues to get irate when he is put in a corner to answer a question he doesn't want to have to answer. I don't need a man with a temper in my district, nor a man who follows Ayn Rand.

Regarding a town hall meeting where Paul Ryan again repeated the lie that small business will see their taxes rise, if the Bush tax cuts expire. He again said that the wealthy need the tax credit to create jobs. The tax cuts have been in place for 10 years and we have only continued to lose more jobs. I am so sick to death of the con job he is trying to get by us. He obviously thinks we are all stupid and will fall for the lies that have already been proven to be lies. From factcheck.org; "The vast majority of individuals who report business income or losses are not making upwards of $200,000 a year. In fact, only 2 percent of all those reporting business income in 2009 will earn enough to fall in the top two brackets. The overwhelming majority of these mom-and-pop shops we hear about would not see their taxes go up under Obama’s proposal."

Keep believing him and prove him to be right about people being stupid. Also, a man actually thanked Ryan for "looking out for the little guy". Good grief, how uninformed can someone be? No wonder he thinks people are stupid. If one would bother to look at Paul Ryan's voting record they would find that he consistently votes in favor of the wealthy and big business and against the "little guy".

http://www.votesmart.org/voting_category...

Ryan's "Path" has nothing to do with our deficits or paying off the debt. If it did, his plan would center around a collectivist scheme to confiscate more money than the government requires in order to start producing surpluses and pay down our debt. It doens't. But it has everything to do with turning over hundreds of billions of captured payroll dollars destined for Social Security and Medicare a year over to Big Insurance and Big Banks. Ryan wants to flip that switch. That's what his plan is about. It has nothing to do with healthcare or the debt.

Hypocritical...

I notice that there are never any answers to why Paul Ryan WILL NOT ANSWER his constitudents questions at the townhalls.

I wonder if the people that dislike the ryan plan have taken the time to compare it with the budget the democrats passed last year in congress.....

Last night on Larry Kudlow he mentioned that the US gov't borrows $189 million every hour to keep the nation afloat. What are your solutions to stop us from going in the hole? It is time for us to bite the bullet and solve this fiscal problem once and for all. Entitlements need to be reined in.

Ryan in typical fashion, again not answering his constituents questions at the townhalls!

The following is a post from IAmWisconsin (from the Ryan townhall blog):

I went to hear Ryan speak today in Burlington. He did not answer the question about if this would be like our current health care insurance that we are only sufficiently insured as long as you are not using it. He would not state the income levels for the "cut-off" for support, nor was he willing to state that there would be a "maximum" out of pocket cost/year.
He also showed the unwillingness to force a certain %of the premiums to go to paying for benefits instead of the management and shareholders profits. Anyone who thinks that this is going to work, I have a bridge that I want to sell you so that I can maybe afford to keep living the US. If this goes through, say good bye to the middle class- the US of A will be the first duly elected Plutocracy in the world. And Ryan is completely in agreement with that outcome.

Earnednotgiven: You need to redo your homework. Ryan has done nothing to improve our district. In fact, I can't think of one single, solitary thing that he has done. Tammy Baldwin is always fighting for Wisconsin seniors.

Suggested reading for you on this blog:
Posts by westorbust, IAmWisconsin, youkillme.

Ryan is a detriment to the poor and working middle class, and to seniors. He will destroy all three if he gets a chance. That's why seniors in large numbers are seeking him out and standing up to him. His true colors come forth at the townhalls when he gets questioned. HE IS NOT ABLE TO ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS TRUTHFULLY. THEN PAUL RYAN GETS IRATE WHEN HE IS QUESTIONED, OR SHOULD I SAY MAD. I don't like the temper that I have seen Paul Ryan display over the past couple of weeks. Truth is a hard thing for the Republicans these days.

You must realize that his Washington job is in jeopardy. People don't like what they see in him lately. He is not the Paul Ryan that people thought he was. He is the arrogant politician who is interested in more wealth for himself and for his buddies, the big insurance companies, big oil, you name it. You know who they are.

Those of you who think otherwise are in denial.

mouse- I hate to tell you this but I am "an old folk". Your hatred of Ryan has clouded your little mouse mind of the ability to have any rational thoughts-it's just hate,hate hate.
How sad and pathetic.

Mouse. Did you compare it?

I wonder if the people that dislike the ryan plan have taken the time to compare it with the budget the democrats passed last year in congress...

It's an interesting video. Listen it to it carefully. The narrator says if government stopped all spending today and did not spend a nickel on anything else AND made payments of $100 million dollars a day it would take 389 years to pay off the debt. If the debt was so important to pay off as they suggest - any plan to pay it off won't be a path to prosperity. It will be a path to poverty. As the narrator suggests, paying off the debt will require an enormous amount of capital wealth to be CONFISCATED by government from the American private sector and exchanged to buy back worthless pieces of debt notes. We are not talking redistribution here, but the sucking out of trillions in wealth from the American economy. Anyone thinking they're going to fix this problem on the backs of seniors SS, Medicare or by CUTTING tax rates are either slick talking robber barons or just plain stupid. When we hear Ryan talk about reducing our deficits and debt by cutting tax rates or gpawcat claim that the debt is sinking our economy only to lay blame on funded programs like Social Security and Medicare, we know we're not getting the straight scoop. Yeah, baby boomers are breaking the bank - rrright.

The national debt is sinking our economy, us baby boomer's will break the bank! Projected Social Security deficit for 2011, 40 Billion

http://www.youtube.com/embed/VtVbUmcQSuk...

As I've said all along, baby boomer's signing up for Medicare and Social Security at 10,000 boomer's a day starting in January 1, 2012. Thats 910,000 sign-up's every quarter, or 1,825,000 every 6 months, or 3,650,000 a year for the next 20 years. Not even counting the Disabled.

Paul Ryan, we are 10 years too late!

Earnednotgoven, there's really nothing tricky about it. It's either seniors Medicare and Social Security safety nets are government run or privately run by profit-driven Big Insurance and the Big Banks. Baldwin to her credit, has not written a proposal to balance the nation's books by stealing my Social Security or Medicare safety nets.

Baldwin has also done more for Ryan's district that Ryan has done for Ryan's district. Most recently, Baldwin not only sponsored but introduced the Senior Financial Empowerment Act, it passed the House 335 to 81. Of course Ryan voted against it. Last year in Janesville (actually Ryan's district), over a dozen groups comprised of local business, labor, health care, education and builder's submitted a list of eight “letter” marks totaling $40 million for economic recovery to the White House Counsel. Baldwin was there, on the receiving end of constituents angst and as their representative to expedite their request. Where was the deadbeat Ryan? He was somewhere else at the time pushing his hyperpartisan "Young Guns" book. Ryan's got better things to do. Baldwin also played a significant role in saving the state prescription program SeniorCare from the ravages of Ryan's Part D boondoggle.

I can come up with a few more, but I'm still waiting for years now for anyone to reciprocate in the same terms (even lightweight ones) what Ryan has done for the state or his district.

" however I will say that he is the ONLY POLITICIAN that has even A PLAN to be able to put out there."
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What are you talking about? He's not the only politician to put forth budgets, furthermore is the chairman of the House Committee on the Budget, it's kinda his job. He's a career politician, the very thing conservatives rail against, he's voted for the largest programs that directly ballooned our "debt" (Iraq, Afghanistan, TARP, bush tax cuts, etc...) and yet working class Republicans are holding him up as some kind of savior for putting out a budget that DIRECTLY reflects the current political will of the Republican base. It's politics, nothing more.

Ryan has never been for the middle class or working poor. His ideological glasses have tinted (and tainted) everything he has ever experienced. Trickle down economics has never worked and everyone knows that.. His real goal is to form a plutocracy where the top 1% (maybe a few more) control everything so they can get even more. Poor Republicans (which is anyone earning less than $250K/year) are stabbing themselves in the back as they vote as he (nor any other Republican) has EVER voted for anything which has benefited to you unless it was a by-product of a benefit for the rich (i.e. Bush's fake tax cuts for the middle class which were a cover-up for all of the other things we pay for in the likes of tax breaks and givebacks for oil and gas companies).
If he were to lose his seat, how fast would he move out of Janesville? His *(&(*& would be either a Washington lobbiest or at the Heritage Foundation in a New York minute.

Wow, so I see 105 Monday Morning Quarterbacks and it isn't football season yet!! I am not saying that I am for or against Representative Ryan's plan, however I will say that he is the ONLY POLITICIAN that has even A PLAN to be able to put out there. Seems everyone wants change until it has an effect and affect on their paychecks. I hate not getting paid or having half my paycheck held from my family, but WE ALL HAVE BEEN SPENDING WAY TO MUCH and there needs to be SOMETHING DONE before its to late. With that being said, at least Ryan has a plan that he is supporting, TAMMY BALDWIN hasn't done ANYTHING since she got re elected!! And the current man in the oval office is scared of Paul Ryan, he stated himself that it isn't Democrat vs Republican it is Obama vs Ryan because Paul might be the hopeful against him in 2012. I personally still don't see why we don't have the professor's that are hiding in the Universities to do some work and start crunching numbers to ANY PROFESSOR THAT CAN COME UP WITH AN AWESOME PLAN TO HELP OUR GOVERNMENT AND CAN PROVE IT.... PAY OFF THEIR LOANS, FUND A PROJECT FOR THEM... SOMETHING!!!!!
But instead we sit here and whine!!! REALLY!!! Does anyone else think that this might be why we are where we are today?????? Seriously!!!

I applaud our senior citizens who are standing up to Ryan. He wasn't planning on this. You are right pack, he wants our paychecks too. But you know how that is, greed will take you down. When you get greedy, you want more and more and more. Sorry, Mr. Ryan but we are at the point in history where the poor and middle class cannot continue to support you and your frivolous ways.

poor pauly getting questioned for his tea party beliefs. I suppose our paychecks are entitlements to him as well.

http://www.channel3000.com/politics/2770...

I agree with the lunatic phrase.

mouse- When ya gonna answer? Would you want Tim Geithner doing your checkbook? Just a simple yes or no. Do you have a enough confidence in him to do your personal finances?
Maybe you need to ask this accountant that's giving you all this advice.

RAF: No, I'm not back to the wild claims again. That's my belief so forget "your wild claim." I believe Ryan cannot answer senior citizen questions. He is not competent enough to do that. He hasn't been countered before. And now he is. And he doesn't know how to handle the situation. He knows he is WRONG. He will not admit it. It would be hard for him to give up his astronomical paycheck, his free health care, and his astronomical pension, all on the back of the poor and the middle class people of America. He should be ashamed of himself. What Christian person goes around doing and saying what he does! He believes in Ayn Rand, the lunatic.

From WSJ on-line-
Pop quiz: What political party, in what state, this week passed a bill in the dead of night stripping public-sector unions of their collective- bargaining powers? Republicans in Wisconsin? The GOP in Ohio or Indiana?

Try Democrats in Massachusetts. Maybe the debate over public-sector benefits isn't all that ideological after all.

That would be the view of Massachusetts Democratic Speaker Robert A. DeLeo, who late Tuesday led an overwhelming majority of his House in passing a bill divesting policemen, firefighters, teachers and other municipal employees of the power to collectively bargain most health-care benefits by a 111-42 vote.

Oh concerned, if you notice I spelled harass correctly unlike you...them darn glass houses.

Harass seniors? Back to the wild claims again...

From today's Janesville Gazette, a Mr. Dotson had this to say about Ryan's plan: "I remember the days when we had poor farms and elderly people on welfare, before we had Social Security and Medicare for seniors, and I'm afraid it will lead right back to that situation."

This is exactly what can happen if Ryan's plan were implemented. Seniors know that. That's why they are fighting back, and speaking out against Ryan's plan.

Also, the Gazette article stated:
"If Congress can make such a major change to medicare for future retirees, what's to stop lawmakers from coming back and applying it to everyone currently on the program?"

I do believe that Ryan would even consider doing that to current seniors. He and his family don't have to worry. They are set for life, no needs or wants.

I congratulate our seniors for seeing exactly what is in Ryan's plan and for calling him out. Ryan hasn't seen anything yet, I would suspect, if he continues to harrass our senior citizens and "get their dander up."

RAF: You are the one on this blog who initiated the "grammar and spelling" police by your own actions against markr. Apparently you can dish it out, but you can't take it when someone dishes it back to you.

If you don't want to hear what I have to say, please don't read it in the first place.

Just an afterthought....I have always been under the impression that "donations" were voluntary.

bebe53 - We didn't "donate" anything ... we put it away for senior years. My wish would be that the government would have respected our trust in them and used the money as intended. We didn't expect that it would be used for other purposes. We don't feel it is right that the next generation should pay for our generations mismanagement. If this is the legacy we leave our children what will the legacy for our grandchildren be?

sloppyjoes711 don't know the hours, feel free to give them a call to find out. Guess you don't know me as well as you thought.

concerned as long as you are going to be the grammar and spelling police you really should do a better job on your own postings...double words makes you look pretty silly; considering you want to correct others, remember that whole thing about stones and glass houses.

If you are worried about any position I have or might have posted ask, I have never been afraid to address or provide reasons behind my opinions...unlike yourself.

bebe- The "poll" asked the wrong question to begin with.
They should have asked who would do a worse job.
Politicians "doing a better job" is an oxymoron, and, no, thats not a joke.

It is very frustrating that the hundreds of thousands of dollars my husband and I have paid in over our lifetime was misused and misappropriated. Now, Paul Ryan wants our children to fill the gap the government caused by mismanagement. Our children and the rest of their generation are now supposed to keep paying (to cover the governments mismanagement)but not collect like we are. They are also supposed to put away money for their own retirement ... all of this when 40 hours a week jobs with benefits are becoming less available.
God help them............

The way I understood it is that the Magnificent Seven stood up for justice on behalf of those who couldn't or wouldn't stand up for themselves, even though it cost most of them their lives...like your arguments, your insults are nonsensical.

Mouse - Once again you can't answer a simple question because you don't have an answer. How does it feel to constantly insult in order to make up for ones obvious inadequacies in life?

"Democrat"-"Republican"-bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla.
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They're ALL pulling the flusher and most are just too stupid to see it.

RAF: Talk about calling the kettle black, you are the one who questioned markr's ability to read and comprehend. So now you don't like it when someone questions your spelling? You don't like it when someone employs the same tactics as you. You employed a tactic, and I employed the same tactic. I see that you follow by two different sets of rules, one set of rules for yourself and another set of rules for others on on this blog.

As far as backing up your opinions, I haven't seen you back up any of your opinions.

If you don't want others following your tactics, maybe you shouldn't employ those tactics in the first place.

RetitredAirForce--Thanks for the invite.A couple of questions first.What are the hours at Cedar Crest and will my visit interfere with med.time?

You can say Ryan is killing medicare but if you look at what Obama has taken in the health care bill and in his budget plan it is the same amount as Ryan. Do some research!!

Mouse - "It just comes down to a few on here who do not consider fellow humans with the dignity they deserve."
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Truthfully Mouse, how can you say that? Almost all of your posts insult your fellow posters and humans. How is that providing others the dignity they deserve just because they have a different opinion?

sloppyjoes711 if you think you know me stop on over...

markr, did you not read the title of the story either?

concerned before you can call anyone on the carpet you need to at least attempt to defend your positions. Hiding behind others and pointing out spelling errors might make you feel good, it in no way gives credence to any of your wild opinions.

Retiredairforce-- I think I know you.You are the neighbor that screams"Get off my property"and keeps the kid's ball if it rolls in your yard.We all know bitter people like you.After trying to read your hundreds of post on here I'm exhausted.May I suggest a high fiber diet it will help because you seem to be full of it.Better yet give The Kid a call and have him share a fatty with you.Knock back a few cold ones and lighten up a bit!

can't we all just get along!

Thanks mouse and concerned. RAF thinks that if an article has the words "the plan" in it, it is an expicit article of and about "The Plan." He's not able to grasp what the article was about--he just can't get past those two ominous words that shape everything for him.

True Believer--"Are you kidding me?" No more point in it. Rocks understand more than you do.

RAF: Since you are calling Markr on the carpet, I will call you on the carpet. You complained about Markr. Well, Mr. RAF, the word is spelled "impaired," not "impared" as you spelled it.

And, yes, you are right Markr, RAF "will never get it."

Markr, I see spending so much time on the short bus has impared your abilities to read and comprehend. I will take it slowly, do try to keep up.

You stated "this article is not about the plan". Okay let’s take it from here shall we. The 18th through the 20th words in the story provide some clarity, perhaps you missed it. It stated "promotes his plan[s]". Also twice in the story appear the words "budget", this pertains to the president’s plan. The speech also addresses the president presenting his plan; the new improved budget.

I understand there were no color drawings and big pointy arrows to help you, perhaps next time if you’re having problems you can ask for assistance.

Except, donnaw, I think even you would agree that when something that is written on this post, right in front of everybodys eyes, that it is unwise to deny that it exists.

It works both ways.

markr: that's exactly how I feel about you...when will you EVER get it!

Well, RAF, I'm not suprised to see that, again, you are wrong, and unable to understand the printed word. I told you in my 2:32 posting EXACTLY what you were wrong about. You responded by saying, "Nuh-uh." There's a scene in a movie called "True Believer" in which a young lawyer is trying to get a very simple point across to a mentally disabled man, and keeps trying over and over, but the man can't understand. After a while, an older lawyer shrugs at the young one and says, "Are you kidding me?" asking him how he can be so silly as to think the guy's EVER going to get it. That's what talking with you is like.

markr, I see you have the ability to type I'm wrong, among other well thought out and really ultra informed information...however, you never once tried to say what I was wrong about. Now if you just want to continue to prattle on about what fine upstanding person I am go ahead. But if you intend on declaring I'm wrong at least make a tiny effort to say what it's about; otherwise you just look like any other lefty loon with nothing to say.

RAF, The Great Provider of the Truth. Where would we be without him to sort things all out for us? :-) Take your valium, RAF, and relax. You're getting hysterical again. In just another couple of days, your taxpayer-funded, government issued check will arrive, and your life on the dole can continue on as it has throughout your adult life (if a person as childish as you can be said to have lived an adult life). Then, you can come back again and rail on about those taxpayer-draining lefties.

RAF--I see why they retired you. You are wrong. You have never once had the courage to admit that you are wrong. They don't want people without courage in our military, so they retired you and you have been living on a taxpayer handout ever since.

mouse will you ever learn the difference between "your" and "you're"? I guess with all that left wing reading you do understanding words and what they mean are not a priority; as long as you mean well and feel it’s right you fit right in...

sloppyjoes711 why do you think providing the truth is anger related? Reading your past posts it is obvious you are sooooo far off from the truth it must bother you.

mouse,poobah,SarahB1 and concernedperson-I was thinking you might be happier if you all moved to Massachusetts but now I see the DEMOCRATS in the most liberal state in America have voted to take away most collective bargaining from the public worker unions. I wonder how Walker and of course the Koch bros. forced them to do it? Funny that there was not one word about this in the Gazette-wonder why?

Retiredairforce-- Why are you soooo angry all the time?

concerned are you ever going to support one of your wild postings?

markr the "story" is about how the president mislead ryan and the nation, about the president's and ryan's plan; guess you can't read.

youkillme are you ignorant? Highrisk pool insurance is sold currently and has been for decades, not only in medical insurance.

Wow, a whole lot of insurance companies gave a lot of money to Ryan. AT&T and Verizon, owned by the Koch Bros. And then Koch Ind. gave a whole lot more.

Ryan is showing his constituents who he really works for.

RAF-This article is not about the "plan." There is no mention of any of the provisions in the "plan." It's an article about ryan's childish reaction to a very normal situation, and THAT is what the comments are about.

Youkillme: You have it figured out. Yes, deception, deception, deception.

The Congressman should worry about his constituent's feelings, more than the President's. Either way, this budget passed in the House is his position...and he has to live with the response.
Also, when he came out with his budget it was said to be a bold step and frankly, very partisan. When the President responds, projection occurs.

High risk insurance pool we have that now with HIRSP. But will cost around $2000 plus a month. No other insurance company will take you right now. Plus if they did everyones premiums would skyrocket even more to cover the elderly that lets face it use the coverage more then a 20 something would. Now medicare is $115 a month so would cost lot more. Also do we pay premiums out of our pocket for medicare and then file it on our taxes then? How is that going to work?

Ryan's Plan - Establishing High-Risk Pools. State health insurance high-risk pools will offer affordable coverage to individuals who would otherwise be denied coverage due to pre-existing medical conditions, making coverage affordable for those currently deemed “uninsurable.”
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What is a high-risk pool? That statement alone implies that in Ryan's privatized Medicare, participants with pre-existing conditions will be identified from the rest and placed in a separate state pool. Plus, how then could they take 1,000 participants with high-risk medical conditions, pool them together and give them "affordable" health care that supposedly they couldn't offer them before with costs spread out in the "regular" pool- deeming them "unisurable." This is the same continuous play on words and deception thoughout all of Ryan's proposals. These statements are formed with just the right amount of smoke and mirrors to never mean what they say, but to make you think you're getting a bargain.

Paul Ryan wants to take away your medicare and your social security.
Paul Ryan wants to give tax cuts to millionaires and wealthy corporations.

concerned said "In Ryan's plan, there is no provision to protect people from denial of coverage because of pre-existing conditions which most seniors have. The insurance companies will still take their premiums though, and be able to deny coverage."
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Wow, more lies and false information from a person unable to support any position with facts. For someone that "claims" to have read the plan you continually lie about whats in it.

Under Ryan's plan:

- Establishing High-Risk Pools. State health insurance high-risk pools will offer affordable coverage to individuals who would otherwise be denied coverage due to pre-existing medical conditions, making coverage affordable for those currently deemed “uninsurable.”

- Guaranteed Access to Care. The Exchange will require all participating insurers to offer coverage to any individual regardless of the patient’s age or health history.

From cruel person to the antichrist?
Let me make this up as I go along like normal, but there is something really wrong with you.Congratulations. I think you have sunk to a new low.
I wouldn't call Hitler the antichrist. The devil yes. Please tell the truth now if you can but you're really in a mental institution somewheres aren't you? It's OK I'm sure somebody there will help you eventually.

Did I miss something here? Obama has a BUDGET?

mouse-I'll be your huckleberry.

In Ryan's plan, there is no provision to protect people from denial of coverage because of pre-existing conditions which most seniors have. The insurance companies will still take their premiums though, and be able to deny coverage. Now, if I am wrong, please point me to the place in Ryan's bill where it says people will not be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition.

They are alive. They tell me that the donut hole was taken care of. They haven't shown me their bills though. That's all I can say on that.

concernedperson: you better get your facts straight. You posted the other day that your relatives medicare donut holes were being "filled" by the new healthcare program NOW. Ain't so. You insisted you were right. In the recent AARP magazine they stated that the donut hole would be fixed in 2020. That's 9 years from now--some of your relatives may not be alive then.

Wow, all the bashing and not one person can address issues in the plans...

Remember, Paul Ryan has not won his elections in Rock County for a long time. It's been the Kenosha/Racine area that has supported him and gotten him re-elected. After this week's meetings in the Kenosha/Racine area, he may be on thin ice there, too. He's definitely all about taking care of the rich and "to heck" with everyone else!

I cannot believe Ryan is saying this. Ryan knows he is treading in deep water. So, yes, he thinks his best bet is to attack the President. Ryan really needs to try and make the President look bad because his own party is turning against him more and more.

I can figure out here who the liar is, and it is not the President. It is Paul Ryan and many are finally starting to figure this out.

Ryan doesn't care about the people. He is interested in his own wealthiness, and getting wealthier. He doesn't have to worry about a thing. He has a huge pension for the rest of his life and free health care. What more can you ask for, all on the backs of the poor and the middle class taxpayers. Wow! What a deal! No wonder he is pushing so hard for the insurance companies.

He thinks we are stupid. I think the townhall meetings are showing him that he can't always run the show. He was a little bit irritated, wouldn't you say, at the townhall in Kenosha and Lake Geneva? People are cornering him trying to get answers. He didn't like it too well and got a little bit irate. He is beginning to show his true colors more and more.

Kiesha: Be careful, you had one of your posts on another blog removed by Gazette staff.

Hey westy...who is out talking to folks and listening to them and who's playing golf?

Mouse... You need help. Man-up. You are a kook frindge loony from the leftwood land of silliness...

Oh give me a break. Stand up like a man and lose the politics Mr. Ryan. You are as political as any other person on capital hill, so lose the high and mighty attitude. Your own party is distancing itself from your plan, so I wouldn't imagine you'd get high marks from a Dem President. I'm sure we'll continue to hear the "woe is me"/"the prez is picking on me" for as long as you think you can score political points, because that's what it's all about in the end, isn't it?
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I'm no Obama fanboy, but the theatrics by Mr. Ryan are a little absurd.

The International Monetary Fund has just dropped a bombshell, and nobody noticed.For the first time, the international organization has set a date for the moment when the "Age of America" will end and the U.S. economy will be overtaken by that of China, and it's a lot closer than you may think.

According to the latest IMF official forecasts, China's economy will surpass that of America in real terms in 2016 — just five years from now.

And Obama is raising funds to run for a second term he will never serve.
And liberals defend him at all cost.
What cost to the country are you willing to bare, cuz we are broke and this president has no intention nor the ability to fix it. Paul Ryan is at least being honest. Wow...there I said it...Now jump all over me for supporting the MAN in this argument. Because after all, I'm the bad guy, not Obama...

NOBAMA2012... That is a powerful comment you made. Wow. That is telling. Thanks for helping us see the truth sir..or madam.

This is going to be the most epic failure for a President in the history of our country. Race? No...Not race... Indifference? ...No...
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Ego? YOU BETCHA!!!

Congressman Paul Ryan's Schedule this week: 8 town halls to address the fiscal crisis. President Obama's Schedule this week: Easter Egg Roll, Oprah Taping, 3 DNC Fundraisers, Auburn University BCS Champ Ceremony, Space Launch, and a Commencement speech

The sad thing is Sarah actually believes the garbage she's saying.

Obama is a real pro when it comes to talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time. Yesterday he said it was wrong that states were trying to take collective bargaining rights from the unions and in the same paragraph he said everybody must make sacrifices. Huh? He was a darn good community organizer but that looks like all he can do.

Sarah - It's like a broken record, seriously. Let me know when the 47% that pay no taxes start paying and then we can talk taxes. Until then, you better hope there's wealthy out there paying and employing.

Obama has lied since he's been in office. How's that change working? How's that budget proposal working that you didn't come up with until someone else did? Do your job, grow a backbone and run the country like you were voted to do. 2012 is approaching and the clock is ticking.

I wish Obama could be recalled. What he did was uncalled for! He invites Ryan to sit in the front row during his speech, then he stands up there and runs Ryan down. Obama doesn't have a plan to balance the budget, so he just blames Ryan. Obama was saying after the midterm elections that Republicans and Democrats need to work together. Does that sound like he wants to work with Republicans? Not to me. Sounds like he's playing politics. Obama needs to quit campaigning and run this country. He wants us to be bankrupt.

"Gee, I didn't know the President disagreed with me. I thought he was going to ask me to stand up and take a bow. I thought the President liked my plan to destroy America, and turn us into China II. Why doesn't the President like me?? Huh? Why, o why? Sniff, sniff. Let me just have a little cry, and then I'll commence with my lying and stealing, which is how I propose to make this horrible country we live in good."

Can we recall this tool?