Why So Serious?

Paul Ryan is a Very Serious Person, because he “makes hard choices” to “reduce the deficit”.

Except he doesn’t. At. All.

He spent the entire Bush administration voting for all of Bush’s debt exploding policies, and even thought the Bush tax cut was too small and too focused on the middle class! As for the tough choices he supposedly makes, what are they? The only things his budget is specific on is reducing taxes and increasing defense spending. For those of us that can add and subtract numbers, this would result in an increase in the deficit. The solution? Cut spending! Make tough choices! Ok, Mr. Ryan? Where will we cut? We don’t know, because Paul Ryan won’t tell us. But if you try to suggest something that could be cut, Paul Ryan will just wave his hands and say oh no I never said I would cut that!

Tough choices! Responsibility! Very Seriousness!

But he has everyone fooled! Apparently no one knows basic math anymore? Let me reiterate. Paul Ryan spent the entire Bush administration increasing the debt, and agreed with Cheney that deficits don’t matter. His budget plan would massively increase the debt, and only claims to reduce it via unspecified cuts and supply side pixie dust (if we cut taxes, then explosive growth! Pay no attention to actual economic data).

Paul Ryan is a fraud. His “debt cutting” seriousness is just an excuse to gut democratic programs that he doesn’t like. That is the opposite of political courage. If you don’t like government programs and think they should be eliminated that’s fine. Have the balls to stand up and fucking say it. Tell us what you actually propose to do and let us vote. Don’t just hide behind a Very Serious budget and a press corps that’s too busy asking you to the prom to do some basic math.

Paul Ryan is a feckless little weasel. Or, if you are a reporter at a national publication, he’s a “big thinking policy wonk”.

Fucking Paul Ryan. The next three months are going to be unbearable.

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