Exploiting peoples emotions of fear, envy and anxiety is not hope, its not change, its partisanship. We dont need partisanship. We dont need demagoguery, we need solutions. – Paul Ryan
We believe, as our founders did, that the pursuit of happiness depends upon individual liberty and individual liberty requires limited government. – Paul Ryan
Obama is trying to paint us as a caricature, as if were some bizarre individualists who are hardcore libertarians. Its a false dichotomy and intellectually lazy. Of course we believe in government. We think government should do what it does really well, but that it has limits. – Paul Ryan
Conventional wisdom on governments role in inequality often has it backwards. Tax reforms have resulted in a more progressive federal income tax government transfer payments have become less progressive. – Paul Ryan