Recovered from the Memory Hole: Rep. Paul Ryan Urges Congress to Pass TARP
by Stephen Littau
Mitt Romney has selected Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) as his running mate with great fanfare among conservatives. Paul Ryan, someone with some fiscal sanity on a major political ticket who can offer an alternative to President Obama and his big government, big spending ways.
Well, not so fast. Not too long after the news of Ryan being selected as Romney’s running mate hit the wires, this little gem was recovered from the memory hole:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyJBZYz858M
Well, maybe this is an anomaly. I wish it were. In addition to supporting TARP, Ryan supported the auto bailout, Medicare Part D, and voted against repealing Davis-Bacon. Ryan is also a war hawk and his record on civil liberties isn’t any better. Extending the Patriot Act, supporting the indefinite detention of American citizens provisions of the NDAA, and voting to create the Department of Homeland Security are but a few examples.
To put it another way, Paul Ryan is no Ron Paul, or even Rand Paul for that matter.
http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2012/08/11/recovered-from-the-memory-hole-rep-paul-ryan-urges-congress-to-pass-tarp/
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