MarketWatch examines the Republican candidates' worldview, based on privilege.
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When Mitt Romney selected Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate, he wasn’t just choosing another multimillionaire who wants to lower his tax bill.
The 42-year-old Ryan and his wife do indeed have $2 million to $7.7 million in largely inherited wealth, and the congressman, now in his seventh term, does indeed want to lower taxes for everyone, especially rich people like himself.
But he is much more complex than that. He has studied economics and is considered an intellectual leader in the Republican Party in Congress. He has supplied the ideological justification for the pattern of obstruction and brinksmanship that has brought this Congress the lowest favorability rating in the history of such ratings.
He's one part Jack Kemp (torchbearer for supply-side economics).
He's one part Alan Greenspan (a Randian who believes fervently that government represents the weak losers of society while holding back the strong).
He's one part Ron Paul (who believes free markets should be unfettered by government rules).
He's one part Grover Norquist (a starve-the-beast, small-government ideologue who nevertheless voted for unfunded wars, unfunded tax cuts, unfunded Medicare Part D).
He's one part Sarah Palin (an avid hunter never tested politically on a national stage).
He's one part Barry Goldwater (who hurt his own chances for the presidency by his opposition to an early version of what became Medicare).
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/deconstructing-paul-ryan-ideologue-of-the-rich-2012-08-14?link=mw_home_kiosk
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