Paul Ryan is supposed to be the brains of the Republican Party, in much the same way that Newt Gingrich used to be the brains of the Republican Party. Yesterday, Ryan released a report on income equality [PDF]. Unsurprisingly, it’s full of the same old Republican talking points, gussied up with a few more misleading smarty-pants graphs. It’s the same shit sandwich, though: Trickle-down economics, lowered taxes for everyone, and fixing the loopholes in the tax code.
The Washington Post has published a refutation of Ryan’s plan, explaining the inflated numbers and regressive tax structures behind the report. The Ryan plan is going to be a huge Republican talking point for the next few months, so this is required reading for anyone who wants to be able to intelligently discuss the Republican strategy.
Since Government is the single principle cause of inequality, less taxes for everyone would rectify the situation.
Paul Ryan. Occupant.
I will be happy to “intelligently discuss” Republican strategy if and when I ever find a Republican capable of doing the same.
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Please, go on, Bailo. I really want to know how “Government is the single principle cause of inequality.” Stop being such a tease.
Lol, it’s like they keep pretending Greece, Spain, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, and Portugal aren’t in trouble primarily due to a lack of tax collection on the Rich and Corporations, when every metric shows that is where the problem is – the aberrant cause of all the other problems.
Seriously, greed ain’t good.
With whom would one intelligently discuss the Republican strategy?
Thank goodness I don’t have to intelligently discuss the Republican strategy because I don’t have the energy to read their nonsense.
Republicans can’t discuss economic policy on the internet because there is no shout-down-your-opponnent key.