Ryan's Turn: 30% of Americans Want Welfare State

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Carrying on the fine tradition of the Romney/Ryan ticket disenfranchising all of America.



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Mitt Romney and his running mate, Paul Ryan, share a similarly dim view of a very large portion of Americans, according to previously unreported remarks by Ryan. Both believe that many of their fellow citizens are dependent on government and have no motivation to improve their lives -- but they disagree over the precise number.

Romney's estimate, famously, is 47 percent. For Ryan, it's 30 percent.

"Seventy percent of Americans want the American dream. They believe in the American idea. Only 30 percent want their welfare state," Ryan said. "Before too long, we could become a society where the net majority of Americans are takers, not makers."
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Ryan's comments were delivered as part of his keynote address at The American Spectator's 2011 Robert L. Bartley Gala Dinner, which the magazine posted online. A reader tipped HuffPost to Ryan's speech, given in November -- six months before Romney's videotaped remarks.
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Do you know what disenfranchising means, Howey? The word doesn't mean what you infer by context here.
 
Damocles said:
Do you know what disenfranchising means, Howey? The word doesn't mean what you infer by context here.
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i guess that you have not noticed that the gop wants to disenfranchise as many poor and working poor as possible...especially in swing states

i guess that they have not noticed what the high level of unemployment has done to many citizens...except as talking points against obama

during bad times our safety net is needed more than ever and the repugs have voted against any additional funding for it and actually want to reduce funding for it
 
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