Paul Ryan -- Reading "The Endgame: the end of the Debt SuperCycle"
September 17, 2011
By KATE MURPHY
Kate Murphy is a journalist in Houston who writes frequently for The New York Times.
United States Representative Paul Ryan, a Republican from Wisconsin, is. chairman of the House Budget Committee and a senior member of the Ways and Means Committee. His plan to end the debt crisis, titled “The Path to Prosperity,” proposes to cut government spending by $6.2 trillion over the next decade. We asked him what he finds interesting.
READING I am reading the “Read and Learn Bible” to my 6-year-old son. I’ve already read it to my daughter and older son. Without the help of my children but with the help of a Kindle, I’m reading John Mauldin’s “Endgame: The End of the Debt Supercycle.”
I find myself confusing the author’s name with maudlin — which pretty much says it all.
What I look forward to reading the most is Quality Whitetails Journal. It’s from the Quality Deer Management Association and gives insight on deer biology and habitat stewardship. I was planting clover this past weekend at my mom’s place in a rural part of Wisconsin. Yes, deer like to eat clover.
LISTENING In this kind of job you do a lot of driving. I drive around Wisconsin every week in my truck and I always have a book or lecture on tape. Right now I have “The Wisdom of History” — a series of provocative lectures by Professor J. Rufus Fears of the University of Oklahoma. When working out, I usually have my iPod up pretty loud — Led Zeppelin, AC/DC and Rush. That’s Rush the band, not the man.
WATCHING I like to start my mornings with CNBC.
FOLLOWING There are few days in which I don’t spend time at RealClearMarkets.com. It’s an aggregator Web site that has financial news from a lot of sources: newspapers, magazines, academic journals. On Twitter, I get daily updates from @NationalDebt.
STALKING Hunting season starts in one week and to prepare I’ve upgraded to two new tree stands that I just installed so my 11-year-old nephew and I can sit side by side. I’m teaching him to bow hunt this fall and we are all set with the gear.
EATING My wife and I were the top bidders on a quarter steer donated by a local farmer at a charity auction, and it’s delicious meat. And my smoked venison brats are always a hit. I butcher my own deer, grind the meat, stuff it in casings and then smoke it. Not much to it. |
