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In the discussion thread: Paul Ryan: 30 Percent 'Want Their Welfare State,' 70 Percent 'Want The American Dream' [View all]

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Tue Oct 2, 2012, 08:04 PM

SunSeeker (5,035 posts)

32. He bases it on some statistic he found that 30% of people get 100% of their income from the gov't.

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And then makes the ridiculous conclusion that because they receive 100% of their income from the government, they "do not believe in the American dream" and want a "welfare state," just like Romney concluded that the 47% who do not pay federal income taxes are "victims" who don't "take responsibility for their lives." Of course, the people Ryan is talking about are folks like our seniors on social security (that they paid into all their lives), veterans fighting in Afghanistan (who are paid a pittance to lay their lives down for their country)...oh, and PAUL RYAN.

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Paul Ryan: 30 Percent 'Want Their Welfare State,' 70 Percent 'Want The American Dream' [View all]	Tx4obama	Oct 2012	OP
Where do they get all these numbers from?	begin_within	Oct 2012	#1
I thought it was something like, "Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!"	SoapBox	Oct 2012	#20
oops!	Sandy one	Oct 2012	#33
Dag nabbit! You stole my idea!!!	Lifelong Protester	Oct 2012	#51
More like Palin and Palin of 2012	jmowreader	Oct 2012	#62
Let's not get into all those complicated baseline questions.	closeupready	Oct 2012	#23
Yeah. Where?	David Zephyr	Oct 2012	#27
He bases it on some statistic he found that 30% of people get 100% of their income from the gov't.	SunSeeker	Oct 2012	#32
latest..	kardonb	Oct 2012	#38
I am guessing it is a racial breakdown	daleo	Oct 2012	#43
my question, too - first it was 47%, now it's 30%, anyone want to guess what number comes up at the	wordpix	Oct 2012	#46
Is that the same 30% that still approves of Bush?	emulatorloo	Oct 2012	#2
+1,000,000! So true! Thanks for expressing it so well.	freshwest	Oct 2012	#16
Dear Mr. Ryan: The 99% knows you are a big fat LIAR ~nt	99th_Monkey	Oct 2012	#3
And 100% of Republicans on the Presidential ticket	teenagebambam	Oct 2012	#4
That's a statistic no one here will argue with. Well said. n/t	LibDemAlways	Oct 2012	#14
Oh, don't worry	begin_within	Oct 2012	#47
Hey can I play political power dude?	Botany	Oct 2012	#5
And Hasn't Rmoney Been Running Around And Talking 100% Since He Was Caught On Tape At 47%?,,,,,nt	global1	Oct 2012	#6
yes, he's been saying 100% all over the place but Ryan didn't get the memo, apparently	wordpix	Oct 2012	#48
He's one of that 30%	hobbit709	Oct 2012	#7
Exactly! Repukes have no self awareness. nt	SunSeeker	Oct 2012	#30
Rmoney is definitely on the welfare roll$ with his Cayman & Swiss & Bermuda accts	wordpix	Oct 2012	#49
These two have a very low opinion of the American people	Ishoutandscream2	Oct 2012	#8
I have never met even one American	obxhead	Oct 2012	#9
Corporations who pay little or no taxes yet still receive corporate welfare.....	LaPera	Oct 2012	#10
Yeah for modern technology	musiclawyer	Oct 2012	#11
Thats the red states since many of the people	Iliyah	Oct 2012	#12
Here is the problem	Andy823	Oct 2012	#13
you forgot to add the subsidies for fat cats like Mittens who pay 14% on their million$ while we	wordpix	Oct 2012	#50
84% of Americans	Liberalagogo	Oct 2012	#15
Keep digging, motherfker	hifiguy	Oct 2012	#17
70% of Americans think Paul Ryan is an idiot	PossumSqueezins	Oct 2012	#18
Link is broken... Anyone?	truthisfreedom	Oct 2012	#19
Link is working for me...	SoapBox	Oct 2012	#22
re:Paul Ryan: 30 Percent 'Want Their Welfare State,' 70 Percent 'Want The American Dream'	allan01	Oct 2012	#21
Thank God FDR didn't think like that in 1932, and that President Obama doesn't today.	bluesbassman	Oct 2012	#24
Morality is:	fingrinn	Oct 2012	#25
I've seen the corporate rich	HockeyMom	Oct 2012	#26
George Carlin on the American dream...	awoke_in_2003	Oct 2012	#28
Love and miss George so much!	CindyinIndy	Oct 2012	#34
You're welcome...	awoke_in_2003	Oct 2012	#41
"it's called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it"	wordpix	Oct 2012	#53
thank you, not so funny but so true!	wordpix	Oct 2012	#52
Carlin was supposedly a comedian...	awoke_in_2003	Oct 2012	#55
This comes	secondvariety	Oct 2012	#29
He has a Govt paid staff doing his work for him.	julian09	Oct 2012	#37
And 99% can't afford even to dream because the 1% have stolen the	Warpy	Oct 2012	#31
It would "take too long" for Ryan to explain where he got that statistic.	Ash_F	Oct 2012	#35
As the French would say...	B Stieg	Oct 2012	#36
Poor RW zombies are envious of people on welfare	Shitty Mitty	Oct 2012	#39
The real welfare queens in this country are corporate criminals and CEOs.	Initech	Oct 2012	#40
like Rmoney	wordpix	Oct 2012	#54
More like 1% want wealthcare, and 99% want it back. /nt	Festivito	Oct 2012	#42
To me it is very telling what the truth is.	drmjg	Oct 2012	#44
The fact that they can't agree on the number suggests the whole claim is bogus.	JDPriestly	Oct 2012	#45
Oh, fer the luv of Jesus Harold Harefoot...	Hissyspit	Oct 2012	#56
So does this mean he likes Ayn Rand again?	NICO9000	Oct 2012	#57
If his idea of the "American Dream"...	DissidentVoice	Oct 2012	#58
But Mitt said the freeloader number was 47%. Did 17% just knuckle down and start working?	yellowcanine	Oct 2012	#59
Fuck you Paul Ryan	47of74	Oct 2012	#60
Romney - Ryan have remarkable ability	bucolic_frolic	Oct 2012	#61
Sigh......There they go again. FU Paul Lyin'. nt	AverageJoe90	Oct 2012	#63
Ryan should try to get a job these days.	Rain Mcloud	Oct 2012	#64

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