Paul Ryan: For Your Own Good... Let's Reduce Poverty... By Slashing Poverty Programs

[moonbladem]

Paul Ryan Poverty Speech Proposes Reforming Programs For The PoorIn his first policy speech since becoming the Republican vice presidential nominee, Paul Ryan said he and Mitt Romney will restore upward mobility and fight poverty in part by limiting the federal government's commitment to safety net programs

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[thelilyqueen]

Yup. I think our welfare system should be reformed in many ways so it does a better job of helping people. There should be heavily subsidized childcare and more of an effort made to tailor the help given to the individual (ex. - why shouldn't we cover tuition and living expenses for that final semester of college for someone who had life interrupt their education so they'll go back out on the job market with a degree?), but it needs to stick around and even be expanded.

[shorofsky]

I am sick and tired of hearing about how badly off countries in Europe are and having it be blamed on the social safety net. I'm from Denmark, our economy is strong even in this crisis and we are a "socialist" country. We are not the same as Spain or Poland. We just happen to be situated on the same bit of landmass as them, but our policies are quite different to theirs. I loathe how so many Americans seem to think Europe is this clump of horrid commies living in their own filth because they don't understand the beauty of the free market. Grr. /rant
Ps. Ryan/Romney suck. Can't even be a grownup about that.

[mrasaki]

It also boggles me when Americans point to the public social healthcare systems of (certain) EU countries and Canada and go, SEE IT DOESN'T WORK! I'm like....they may have problems of their own but having access to even basic healthcare is loads better than what the Americans have.

[winniechili]

When people refer to the economic problems in Europe no one is referring to Scandinavian countries.

[mingemonster]

It's funny, because Sweden has a very anti-welfare government that's been cutting down on spending during the crisis, and Sweden's doing worse than countries who got similarly hurt by the crisis but used the opposite policy.

[astartexx]

I was also really offended by that Europe remark. I have family in Denmark and I actually think the Republicans would be even more horrified by the Scandiavian way of doing things than the ex-commie states. Especially since it yields such good results across the boards.

I'm from Germany and our health care system has a huge surplus, same as the state pension fund. Poland has a economic boom at the moment, Spains problems have a lot to do with their banks and Greece would be in less trouble, if they had a effective tax collection.

[veracity]

I completely understand the frustration. I'm American but I'm actually aware. It's not a country for fuck's sake. It's a continent FULL of countries. Not hard to understand. A roadkill armadillo could figure it out.