this time by Paul Ryan. Once again, he repeats the stuff Republicans believe but for which the evidence isn't there.
1. Income mobility is something that was once a characteristic of the US. But no longer. The CBO recently released a paper demonstrating this. http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=12485 And here's Krugman on the subject: http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/03/millionaire-for-a-day/
2. The top quintile pays more taxes than they have done, yes! But this is because they have seized a greater share of total income - and relatively speaking, the tax that the top tier pay as a proportion of their income has lowered considerably, because the increase in the taxes they pay is lower than the rate of income growth they have achieved. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/paul-ryans-solution-to-inequality-helps-the-rich-does-nothing-for-poor/2011/11/18/gIQAbt1OYN_blog.html
Both of these things Republicans simply conceal. Once you learn they are true, it is hard to be an honest person and pretend that the Republican theory of government is anything but a system to benefit the wealthy at the expense of everyone else. If you believe that is okay - fine. But let's not pretend it is a benevolent system for everyone. These Republicans are plutocrats pretending to be entrepreneurs.
The rich get richer. The masses occupy Wall Street.
Here's Ryan's support of the 1% at the expense of everyone else: http://budget.house.gov/UploadedFiles/CBOInequality.pdf
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