And then the Paul Ryan tape: 30% of Americans want their welfare state

Duck Soup

Recorded during Ryan's keynote address at The American Spectator's Robert L. Bartley Gala Dinner in 2011.

Not nearly as explosive as the Romney 47% video (or surreptitious - The American Spectator themselves posted it online afterwards), it's still interesting, because it betrays the same attitude as the other tape. There is a big chunk of Americans who are useless bums.

On the plus side, Romney thought that 47% of Americans are useless, blood-sucking leeches and Ryan puts the number at only 30%.

That has to be progress of some kind.

The Bishop!

:)Oh dear.

Appeals to social darwinism are their only tack at this stage. They have literally nothing else to cling on to.
All we're getting now is vague statements along the lines of
"The entitlement culture is the biggest threat to humanity as we know it."

Reminds me of a funny piece from the other day:

I am a job creator: A manifesto for the entitled

I am a corporate chief executive. I am a business owner.
I am a private-equity fund manager.
I am the misunderstood superhero of American capitalism, single-handedly creating wealth and prosperity despite all the obstacles put in my way by employees, government and the media.
I am a job creator and I am entitled.
I am entitled to complain about the economy even when my stock price, my portfolio and my profits are at record levels.
I am entitled to a healthy and well-educated workforce, a modern and efficient transportation system and protection for my person and property, just as I am entitled to demonize the government workers who provide them.
I am entitled to complain bitterly about taxes that are always too high, even when they are at record lows.
I am entitled to a judicial system that efficiently enforces contracts and legal obligations on customers, suppliers and employees but does not afford them the same right in return.
I am entitled to complain about the poor quality of service provided by government agencies even as I leave my own customers on hold for 35 minutes while repeatedly telling them how important their call is.
I am entitled to a compensation package that is above average for my company’s size and industry, reflecting the company’s aspirations if not its performance.
I am entitled to have the company pay for breakfasts and lunches, a luxury car and private jet travel, my country club dues and home security systems, box seats to all major sporting events, a pension equal to my current salary and a full package of insurance — life, health, dental, disability and long-term care — through retirement.
I am entitled to have my earned income taxed as capital gains and my investment income taxed at the lowest rate anywhere in the world — or not at all.
I am entitled to inside information and favorable investment opportunities not available to ordinary investors. I am entitled to brag about my investment returns.
I am entitled to pass on my accumulated wealth tax-free to heirs, who in turn, are entitled to claim that they earned everything they have.
I am entitled to use unlimited amounts of my own or company funds to buy elections without disclosing such expenditures to shareholders or the public.
I am entitled to use company funds to burnish my own charitable reputation.
I am entitled to provide political support to radical, uncompromising politicians and then complain about how dysfunctional Washington has become.
Although I have no clue how government works, I am entitled to be consulted on public policy by politicians and bureaucrats who have no clue about how business works.
I am entitled to publicly criticize the president and members of Congress, who are not entitled to criticize me.
I am entitled to fire any worker who tries to organize a union. I am entitled to break any existing union by moving, or threatening to move, operations to a union-hostile environment.
I am entitled to a duty of care and loyalty from employees and investors who are owed no such duty in return.
I am entitled to operate my business free of all government regulations other than those written or approved by my industry.
I am entitled to load companies up with debt in order to pay myself and investors big dividends — and then blame any bankruptcy on over-compensated workers.
I am entitled to contracts, subsidies, tax breaks, loans and even bailouts from government, even as I complain about job-killing government budget deficits.
I am entitled to federal entitlement reform.
I am entitled to take credit for all the jobs I create while ignoring any jobs I destroy.
I am entitled to claim credit for all the profits made during a booming economy while blaming losses or setbacks on adverse market or economic conditions.
I am entitled to deny knowledge or responsibility for any controversial decisions made after my departure from the company, even while profiting from such decisions if they enhance shareholder value.
I am entitled to all the rights and privileges of running an American company, but owe no loyalty to American workers or taxpayers.
I am entitled to confidential information about my employees and customers while refusing even to list the company’s phone number on its Web site.
I am entitled to be treated with deference and respect by investors I mislead, customers I bamboozle, directors I manipulate and employees I view as expendable.
I am entitled to be lionized in the media without answering any questions from reporters.
I am entitled to the VIP entrance.
I am entitled to everything I have and more that I still deserve.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/i-am-a-job-creator-a-manifesto-for-the-entitled/2012/09/28/756f2e90-07ee-11e2-858a-5311df86ab04_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines

Amerika

Hmmm... Seems Ryan is guilty of little more than forgetting that the moochers don’t like to be called moochers.

Overheal

And the military? NTM's toothbrush was paid for by the taxpayer

Amerika

Overheal wrote: »

And the military? NTM's toothbrush was paid for by the taxpayer

The military are not moochers. Actually, I don't think they get paid enough for the job they do and the risks they take.

Toshchiy Imperatritsy Vselennoy

Amerika wrote: »

Hmmm... Seems Ryan is guilty of little more than forgetting that the moochers don’t like to be called moochers.

He is forgetting the no1 rule of politics what a person is first is a voter if you don't want that vote go ahead throw it away. No2 rule..DIPOLMACY

He could express that sentiment without turning 30% of the electorate against him.