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To: TimF who wrote (24677)	8/23/2012 9:33:33 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

That's a lot of words to say "Tax cuts, 2 unfunded wars, and the unfunded Medicare D drug plan" Deficit hawk Ryan voted for all of them. It's cool, tho. In the second article, he's confessed, and been forgiven by Peter Robinson. Paul Ryan was for Big Deficits before he was against them (graphic) Posted on 08/12/2012 by Juan Paul Ryan blames President Obama for the government’s budget deficits, and singles out the stimulus program as the culprit. But stimulus was one-time expenditures, not ongoing annual ones, and so over time will contribute little to the deficit. What does drive up the deficit annually is a series of Bush-era measures, including the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, tax cuts and unfunded medicaid prescription drug benefits, and the economic collapse that derived in some large part from extensive deregulation of the banking and financial sectors. Paul Ryan voted for every single one of the government measures that created the current deficits, and he opposes the obvious measures that would bring them down. He was opposed to the US withdrawal from Iraq. He opposes letting the Bush tax cuts on the super-wealthy expire. He opposes re-regulating the banks. Ryan wants to blame those deficits on President Obama, who was not even in the federal Senate when Ryan voted to spend a trillion dollars on an illegal and unjustified war on Iraq. juancole.com Medicare Part D and Ryan’s Misery By Daniel Larison • August 13, 2012, 9:59 AM Peter Robinson offers the weakest defense of Ryan’s terrible voting record I have seen so far: How can we defend him against charges that he’s at least part responsible for the mess we’re in? We don’t need to. Ryan himself has already recanted, demonstrating the remorse of the genuine penitent. Robinson has just shown that Ryan can’t be defended against charges that “he’s at least part responsible for the mess we’re in.” There’s no getting around the fact that Ryan voted for some horrible and fiscally irresponsible bills. As Jim Antle mentions in his article today, Medicare Part D added trillions to the government’s unfunded liabilities. The best defense Robinson can come up with is not to offer one, and instead point to evidence that Ryan regrets his votes. If we take Ryan’s regret seriously, that is proof that he is partly responsible. Indeed, if Ryan is sincere about how “miserable” he was back then, the report of his past misery confirms that he believes he was partly responsible. Ryan can claim to have been miserable about those votes all he likes. It doesn’t change the fact that the entitlement he voted to create is still there adding to the country’s long-term fiscal obligations. Of course, if Ryan were really “recanting,” he wouldn’t be using Medicare Part D to support his current arguments. He would be arguing for reducing or dismantling it. theamericanconservative.com