Paul Ryan professes to admire Ayn Rand despite the fact he knows nothing about her. Let’s compare Ryan’s philosophies with Rand’s.
Paul Ryan is supposed to be a devout Catholic. Ayn Rand was a confirmed atheist despite being born Jewish. Since Ryan is a Catholic, he knows adultery is condemned in the Bible as a mortal sin and is also prohibited by the Ten Commandments. Ayn Ryan was an open adulterer, carrying on at least one affair with a student working with her and her husband.
Ayn Rand believed that people should not elect anyone to anything. Paul Ryan ran for Congress in 1998 and has been re-elected every two years since then. He is now running for Vice-President. Why would he be earning a paycheck from the very government Ayn Rand deemed unnecessary?
Ayn Rand believed in a laissez faire system of government regarding business. Paul Ryan voted for both TARP and the auto bailout. He voted against the stimulus yet got stimulus funds from Obama’s Secretary of Energy for local businesses and homeowners in his state. Ayn Rand was totally opposed to the type of government handout.
Ayn Rand opposed all government handouts like unemployment and Social Security. In 1976, she signed up for and started receiving Social Security and Medicare. Paul Ryan was raised in a wealthy, influential family but he still collected Social Security survivor benefits after his father died.
So every benefit Ryan and Rand received from our government they would deny you. Ryan’s plan to privatize Social Security would not give the poor, aged, and disabled what he got—not even close. What was good for Ryan and Rand is not good for you. This is called both elitism and hypocrisy.
Now to get away from Ryan’s Rand-connected hypocrisy and focus on that which is solely his own. He’s a self-styled deficit hawk yet…he voted for both the Iraq and Afghanistan invasions which George W. Bush kept off the books for his entire presidency. Why do you think the budget deficit Bush handed over to Obama was so high? Pure borrowing and spending.
Ryan voted for Medicare Part D which forbids the federal government from negotiating drug prices with the major pharmaceutical companies. The government has to pay whatever the companies say it has to pay which means the government is spending more than it should be, thanks to Ryan and the Republicans.
Ryan plans to eliminate Pell Grants for 1 million students in order to pay for $40 million in big oil subsidies because he owns stakes in companies that would benefit from these tax subsidies:
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This is what makes him such a great match for Mitt Romney. Both believe in entitlements for the rich which are to be denied to the poor and middle class. Imagine those two sitting at a table, clinking glasses of champagne together and gleefully saying “The poor are not like you and me.” Nope, to these two, the rich are rich and the poor are poor and never the twain shall meet. Never.