NO TO PAUL RYAN

The fact that Paul Ryan in an interview would openly admit he is against raising taxes by any amount—zero—and brags that thought has been the basis of his political career disqualifies him as a reasonable person. He is trying to cash in on the will known America aversion to paying taxes, which has been the standard line in Republican election politics. It is not a negotiating position. Since I was a young man—that means for a very long time—I can remember Republican political operatives saying their position on taxes and a strong defense have been winning issues. The election is over and he lost. A majority of the people know we have to raise taxes. Everybody knows we have to raise taxes—but not Paul Ryan. Both Republicans and Democrats know we have to do it, but not him, which is the point of this blog.  He has isolated himself as a mental midget, an unreasonable ideologue tied in a knot by Ayn Rand’s Pleistocene philosophy of greed.

We have to pay down the George W. debt caused by tax cuts, unpaid wars, and out of control spending. They wanted to do to create budget crises.  In keeping the Naomi Klien’s  “Shock Doctrine”, The Republicans were hoping the American people would allow them to destroy Social Security, Medicare, Obamacare, food stamps, planned parenthood, that is do away with all social legislation. The American people just told them to go to hell!  Still, the legitimate question remains, which is who will pay and how much. Tough reasonable negotiations must take place.  Obama: Biden are at the helm and not Romney: Ryan. Maybe the American voters are collectively smarter than the sometimes act.