The Conservative Psyche: How Ordinary People Come to Embrace Paul Ryan's Cruelty

[Rinata]

Earlier this year, Democratic operatives looking for the best way to define Mitt Romney discovered something interesting about Paul Ryan's budget. The New York Times reported that when the details of his proposals were run past focus groups, they found that the plan is so cruel that voters “ simply refused to believe any politician would do such a thing.”

In addition to phasing out the Earned Income Tax Credit that keeps millions of American families above the poverty line and cutting funding for children's healthcare in half, Jonathan Cohn described the “America that Paul Ryan envisions” like this:

Many millions of working-age Americans would lose health insurance. Senior citizens would anguish over whether to pay their rent or their medical bills, in a way they haven’t since the 1960s. Government would be so starved of resources that, by 2050, it wouldn’t have enough money for core functions like food inspections and highway maintenance.

The Conservative Psyche: How Ordinary People Come to Embrace Paul Ryan's Cruelty | Alternet

 

[Claudette]

Oh Brother. What a load of hogwash.

 

[Full-Auto]

Earlier this year, Democratic operatives looking for the best way to define Mitt Romney discovered something interesting about Paul Ryan's budget. The New York Times reported that when the details of his proposals were run past focus groups, they found that the plan is so cruel that voters “ simply refused to believe any politician would do such a thing.”

In addition to phasing out the Earned Income Tax Credit that keeps millions of American families above the poverty line and cutting funding for children's healthcare in half, Jonathan Cohn described the “America that Paul Ryan envisions” like this:

Many millions of working-age Americans would lose health insurance. Senior citizens would anguish over whether to pay their rent or their medical bills, in a way they haven’t since the 1960s. Government would be so starved of resources that, by 2050, it wouldn’t have enough money for core functions like food inspections and highway maintenance.

The Conservative Psyche: How Ordinary People Come to Embrace Paul Ryan's Cruelty | Alternet

Still dont want to pay your fair share.


Predictable as the sun rising in the morning.

 

[g5000]

So "Democratic operatives" described in THEIR words the ideas of their opponent and their strawman fallacies came out sounding cruel?

Gee, color me surprised.

Not.

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[Soggy in NOLA]

You've officially lost what little you had.

Nice work.

 

[g5000]

I wonder if I told a focus group that Barack Obama plans on bankrupting all 50 states with ObamaCare to the point that the only way your grandmother will be able to find shelter will be to bunk with a rapist in prison, would that focus group consider Obama's plans to be cruel?

You think?

.

 

[Rinata]

Oh, you whiners!!!

 

[ilia25]

So "Democratic operatives" described in THEIR words the ideas of their opponent and their strawman fallacies came out sounding cruel?

Gee, color me surprised.

Not..

Then why don't you check for yourself? Here is the Ryan's budget (see the table at the end):
http://budget.house.gov/uploadedfiles/chairmans_mark_fy013.pdf

And here is what White House plans to spend:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/budget/fy2013/assets/32_1.pdf

Over the next decade, Ryan plans to spend about 16 percent less than the White House on “income security” programs for the poor — that’s everything from food stamps to housing assistance to the earned-income tax credit. (Ryan’s budget would authorize $4.8 trillion between 2013 and 2022; the White House’s would spend $5.7 trillion.)

And so on..

 

[techieny]

Earlier this year, Democratic operatives looking for the best way to define Mitt Romney discovered something interesting about Paul Ryan's budget. The New York Times reported that when the details of his proposals were run past focus groups, they found that the plan is so cruel that voters “ simply refused to believe any politician would do such a thing.”

In addition to phasing out the Earned Income Tax Credit that keeps millions of American families above the poverty line and cutting funding for children's healthcare in half, Jonathan Cohn described the “America that Paul Ryan envisions” like this:

Many millions of working-age Americans would lose health insurance. Senior citizens would anguish over whether to pay their rent or their medical bills, in a way they haven’t since the 1960s. Government would be so starved of resources that, by 2050, it wouldn’t have enough money for core functions like food inspections and highway maintenance.

The Conservative Psyche: How Ordinary People Come to Embrace Paul Ryan's Cruelty | Alternet

Cruel to voters? That's why we vote dumbass!

 

[Dick Tuck]

Earlier this year, Democratic operatives looking for the best way to define Mitt Romney discovered something interesting about Paul Ryan's budget. The New York Times reported that when the details of his proposals were run past focus groups, they found that the plan is so cruel that voters “ simply refused to believe any politician would do such a thing.”

In addition to phasing out the Earned Income Tax Credit that keeps millions of American families above the poverty line and cutting funding for children's healthcare in half, Jonathan Cohn described the “America that Paul Ryan envisions” like this:

Many millions of working-age Americans would lose health insurance. Senior citizens would anguish over whether to pay their rent or their medical bills, in a way they haven’t since the 1960s. Government would be so starved of resources that, by 2050, it wouldn’t have enough money for core functions like food inspections and highway maintenance.

The Conservative Psyche: How Ordinary People Come to Embrace Paul Ryan's Cruelty | Alternet

Still dont want to pay your fair share.


Predictable as the sun rising in the morning.

Romney made more than $20 million in 2011. He's the one who wants a tax decrease, funded by more debt and an increase on middle class earnings. Is it too much to ask that Romney pay more than 13%?

 

[PredFan]

Yeah, Truthmatters already posted a thread on this. We laughed at her stupidity too.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Q: Should the rich pay more taxes?

A: Oh, hell yeah! Fuck yeah! The 1% are Vampire Squids sucking the financial life blood out of this country, the need to pay pay pay pay payyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!

Q: Should your Boss fire you so he's able to pay higher taxes?

A: What? Who? Nobody told me there were consequence! WTF!

 

[DiamondDave]

Earlier this year, Democratic operatives looking for the best way to define Mitt Romney discovered something interesting about Paul Ryan's budget. The New York Times reported that when the details of his proposals were run past focus groups, they found that the plan is so cruel that voters “ simply refused to believe any politician would do such a thing.”

In addition to phasing out the Earned Income Tax Credit that keeps millions of American families above the poverty line and cutting funding for children's healthcare in half, Jonathan Cohn described the “America that Paul Ryan envisions” like this:

Many millions of working-age Americans would lose health insurance. Senior citizens would anguish over whether to pay their rent or their medical bills, in a way they haven’t since the 1960s. Government would be so starved of resources that, by 2050, it wouldn’t have enough money for core functions like food inspections and highway maintenance.

The Conservative Psyche: How Ordinary People Come to Embrace Paul Ryan's Cruelty | Alternet

Still dont want to pay your fair share.


Predictable as the sun rising in the morning.

Romney made more than $20 million in 2011. He's the one who wants a tax decrease, funded by more debt and an increase on middle class earnings. Is it too much to ask that Romney pay more than 13%?

Only if EVERYONE ELSE IS TOO!!!!

 

[ilia25]

Q: Should the rich pay more taxes?

A: Oh, hell yeah! Fuck yeah! The 1% are Vampire Squids sucking the financial life blood out of this country, the need to pay pay pay pay payyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!

Q: Should your Boss fire you so he's able to pay higher taxes?

A: What? Who? Nobody told me there were consequence! WTF!

Yeah, sure. Everyone on the right *knows* that your salary is a form of charity by your Boss.

 

[BreezeWood]

The Conservative Psyche: How Ordinary People Come to Embrace Paul Ryan's Cruelty

The Conservative Psyche: How Paul Ryan Embraces Cruelty for the Ordinary People.

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[driveby]

Earlier this year, Democratic operatives looking for the best way to define Mitt Romney discovered something interesting about Paul Ryan's budget. The New York Times reported that when the details of his proposals were run past focus groups, they found that the plan is so cruel that voters “ simply refused to believe any politician would do such a thing.”

In addition to phasing out the Earned Income Tax Credit that keeps millions of American families above the poverty line and cutting funding for children's healthcare in half, Jonathan Cohn described the “America that Paul Ryan envisions” like this:

Many millions of working-age Americans would lose health insurance. Senior citizens would anguish over whether to pay their rent or their medical bills, in a way they haven’t since the 1960s. Government would be so starved of resources that, by 2050, it wouldn’t have enough money for core functions like food inspections and highway maintenance.

The Conservative Psyche: How Ordinary People Come to Embrace Paul Ryan's Cruelty | Alternet

Still dont want to pay your fair share.


Predictable as the sun rising in the morning.

Romney made more than $20 million in 2011. He's the one who wants a tax decrease, funded by more debt and an increase on middle class earnings. Is it too much to ask that Romney pay more than 13%?

So he paid 2.6 million in taxes, that's 2.7 million more than you paid, stop crying.....

 

[Stephanie]

OMG, now budgets are CRUEL

I'll tell the school that if they lay me off because they couldn't fit me into their budget

You be cruel cruel cruel, HOW DARE YOU