Good Riddance to "Mr. Fiscal Responsiblity" Speaker Paul Ryan

[Tominftl]

Ryan seemed driven to end medicare and social security. I don’t understand these wealthy Republicans who want to pull the ladder from under everyone else. It is a deplorable trait that unfortunately too many Republicans have. They have an obsession with not helping the poor. I don’t get it. They are supposed to be the good morals party. Right?

[SunGrins]

I suspect that Ryan will be judged as one of the least productive Speakers with a miserable legacy to show for his entire congressional career. He did more damage than good. Pathetic.

[le roi]

Originally Posted by Astral_Weeks

For years Paul Ryan’s claimed that his big “thing” was that he was a nerd/wonky budget geek who was gravely concerned about the American government's perilous fiscal future.

Now we know the truth: his only actual interest was in passing massive tax cuts to comfort the comfortable. The future be damned.

Now that he is leaving congress after having passed major tax legislation and a budget as Speaker of the House during a period of total Republican control over the federal government, we can finally determine what a fraud this jerk really is. Not to mention his coddling and enabling of Trump.

Good riddance to this a-whole.

It is pretty much what people knew about him all along.

[ChiGeekGuest]

Originally Posted by JAMS14

The fact that the Koch brothers have lost their bought and paid for Speaker of the House with no return on investment makes seeing this parasite running for the exit all that much sweeter.

Lol, catching your drift!

Although frankly, the Koch bros have likely more than received their money's worth out of poor old Mr. Speaker of the House Ryan ~ he's like an 'aged out' prostitute. Worn out, laying on his back, & played out. Surely they will find a place for this old ho? He's been a loyal libertarian lawyer legislator lapdog for how many years now? Nearly perfect curriculum vitae, all the better for him to continue whorin' by crawling through the revolving door on his knees from legislator to lobbyist! Still whorin' for the boss man!

The Koch brothers have been searching for new 'talent' for years now.

[Astral_Weeks]

Originally Posted by ram2

But we are supposed to respect Obama who purposely excluded himself and his buddies in Washington from Obamacare.

Under the Affordable Care Act, members of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Senate and their office staffs who want employer coverage have to buy it on the health insurance exchanges. Before the ACA passed in 2010, they were eligible to be covered under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-...care-goes-down

The president and members of his/her administration can keep the coverage from the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. But the federal offerings are roughly comparable to what Congress can buy in the marketplaces, not vastly superior.