What we began to see during Paul Ryan's career in Congress, and particularly during his mating with Mitt (spit!) Romney, is now fully blossomed.
There's a reason Ryan moved to New York City. It's his kind of place.
...Ryan’s not-Trump agenda is included in a new book of policy proposals from 19 authors organized by the investor-funded, investor-directed American Enterprise Institute.
The 16-chapter book is titled, American Renewal: A Conservative Plan to Strengthen the Social Contract and Save the Country’s Finances.”...
Well, let's see what that really means!
... the book does have plans to provide the GOP’s donors with more migrants, more government spending, and lower taxes....
Here in the Midwest, 'more government spending' plus 'lower taxes' equals MORE debt-financed deficits. In New York City, government bonds mean income for the bond-traders. See the difference?
Now we know why he moved to New York City, right?
He's not done yet!
The book does not clearly offer to trade some of the donors’ goals to earn the decisive votes of ordinary Americans.
...But it does offer a grand bargain between the establishment Democrats and establishment Republicans — new carbon tax-and-spend programs funded by Americans in exchange for investors getting lower taxes and a share of the carbon taxes....
Ryan--in perfect New York-ese, tells us that 'removing carbon from the atmosphere' is a fine goal. All his best friends say so!! Thus we should tax electric utilities which use coal, and increase the tax on diesel fuel (meaning increase the cost of every. damn. thing.) because it's 'right.' Who says it's "right," Paul? Is that The Science, or another Fauci-mess-of-pottage?
He does have a proposal for reducing the Medicare/Medicaid spend which is absolutely necessary, although the proposal should be vetted, and he has some sort of proposal to 'fix' Social Security, another program which needs attention. But you can bet that his proposal there does NOT include removing the cap on SocSec taxes, which would go a very long way toward the fix--because that might cost the Uber Donor Class a few bucks.
And of course, Ryan loves immigration.
...When President Trump was elected, Ryan worked successfully to derail Trump’s immigration reform proposals, even though it was the main issue — alongside opposition to free trade — that propelled 2016 Trump into the White House....
It's good that Ryan is in New York. It's his real home. Janesville was a convenient masquerade--but no more than that.
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