Wednesday, April 06, 2011

Republicans oppose welfare for people, but not corporations

I heard Rep. Ryan say today that government is meant to "encourage" not "support" people.  Our rights, he said, don't come from government, they come from nature and G-d (thrilling, isn't that?).  According to him, being on Medicare and using OUR social security is equivalent to being on "welfare" from cradle to grave.  This guy has a screw loose.

How progressives can outline the importance of government:

The Failure of antigovernment conservatism
http://prospect.org/cs/articles?article=the_failure_of_antigovernment_conservatism

1 comment:

Will "take no prisoners" Hart said...

While I give Mr. Ryan credit for addressing these entitlement issues, I basically agree with you, his approach is utterly stilted. My preference would have been for both sides to try and work a little more closely with the President's debt/deficit commission (the highly respected Kent Conrad, a solid member of that panel).