a liberal shouldn't expect anything less On Feb 2, 11:09 pm, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > Don’t Confuse Paul Ryan with Ron PaulPosted byLaurence Vanceon February 2, > 2011 11:05 PM > If it wasn’t so tragic, it would be fun to watch Republicans when the > Democrats are in power. Typical is the pseudo-budget cutter Paul Ryan (not to > be confused with Ron Paul), the chairman of the House Budget Committee. > Ryan,who recently said: “I am the budget chairman. I am a Republican. I am a > conservative. I have been pointing out the big flaws of all of the taxing and > the spending that has been going on around here,” voted for Bushcare, > otherwise known as the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and > Modernization Act of 2003. > Must reading on Paul Ryan is “Does Paul Ryan’s Record Match His > Rhetoric?“xxxDoes Paul Ryan’s Record Match His Rhetoric?August 2nd, > 2010Should Paul Ryan run for President?Increasingly our Wisconsin Congressman > Paul Ryan has become a national media darling. Representative Ryan is > consistently being promoted on social media networks and by the Republican > Party of Wisconsin and the nationwide “free market” group Americans for > Prosperity. > The fact of the matter is that Congressman Ryan voted with George W. Bush 94% > of the time. That’s why Ryan’s2007 Republican Liberty Caucus Liberty Index > score, which ranks members of Congress on their voting record from a > constitutional perspective, was 91% on economic issues but only 56% on social > issues.In 2006, his score on the Liberty Indexwas 66% on economic issues and > 67% on social issues. He has scored better on the Liberty Index; his 2008 > score, for example, was 88 both on social and economic issues an impressive > score. > It appears that when Paul Ryan’s party is doing the spending, raising debt > limits, and acting unconstitutionally… Ryan goes with the flow. > Congressman Ryan’s actual record leaves much to be desired. > The issue Ryan is most known for is his interest in cutting the deficit and > balancing the budget. > But why did the Congressman vote to bail out the auto industry, to pass the > Medicare package to the tune of $400 billion, and to nationalize education > via No Child Left Behind?Paul Ryan on Bailouts and Government Stimuli-Voted > YES on TARP (2008) > -Voted YES on Economic Stimulus HR 5140 (2008) > -Voted YES on $15B bailout for GM and Chrysler. (Dec 2008) > -Voted YES on $192B additional anti-recession stimulus spending. (Jul > 2009)Paul Ryan on Entitlement Programs-Voted YES on limited prescription drug > benefit for Medicare recipients. (Nov 2003) > -Voted YES on providing $70 million for Section 8 Housing vouchers. (Jun 2006) > -Voted YES on extending unemployment benefits from 39 weeks to 59 weeks. (Oct > 2008) > -Voted YES on Head Start Act (2007)Paul Ryan on EducationRep. Ryan went along > with the Bush Administration in supporting more federal involvement in > education. This is contrary to the traditional Republican position, which > included support for abolition of the Department of Education and decreasing > federal involvement in education. > -Voted YES on No Child Left Behind Act (2001)Paul Ryan on Civil > Liberties-Voted YES on federalizing rules for driver licenses to hinder > terrorists. (Feb 2005) > -Voted YES on making the PATRIOT Act permanent. (Dec 2005) > -Voted YES on allowing electronic surveillance without a warrant. (Sep > 2006)Paul Ryan on War and Intervention Abroad-Voted YES on authorizing > military force in Iraq. (Oct 2002) > -Voted YES on emergency $78B for war in Iraq & Afghanistan. (Apr 2003) > -Voted YES on declaring Iraq part of War on Terror with no exit date. (Jun > 2006) > -Voted NO on redeploying US troops out of Iraq starting in 90 days. (May 2007) > Congressman Ryan supports the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, > federal bailouts, increased federal involvement in education, > unconstitutional and undeclared wars, Medicare Part D (a multi trillion > dollar unfunded liability), stimulus spending, and foreign aid. > According to Michelle Malkin in 2009, “[Paul Ryan] gave one of the most > hysterical speeches in the rush to pass TARP last fall; voted for the auto > bailout; and voted with the Barney Frank-Nancy Pelosi AIG bonus-bashing > stampede. Milwaukee blogger Nick Schweitzer wrote: ‘He ought to be > apologizing for his previous votes, not pretending he was being responsible > the entire time, but I don’t see one bit of regret for what he did > previously. And I’ll be damned if I’m going to let him get away with > it’.”Congressman Ryan: if you don’t like debt, stop voting for > debt.http://wi.rlc.org/2010/08/paul-ryans-record/
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