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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[atomic_joe2]

Anything rather than address the true reasons for a fucked-up world: mass inequality. Presumably caring about people other than yourself is a bit too 'commie'.

[keeni84]

I know where this is from, but I really can't remember!

[skittish_derby]

I think its Monty Python

[sephirajo]

The second gif is from the IT crowd. After the CEO of the company gets found out on corruption or something he basically walks over to the window and jumps out.

[ragnor144]

Fuck you Ryan! I have to stay poor to get the medicine that keeps me alive. Pre-existing conditions and $1000 per month of prescriptions keep me from working anything more than at poverty levels. Things are going horribly wrong and it looks like I have to apply for disability, which won't be approved for months / years, depending. These programs keep me alive and my children fed. I have no faith that the state of Michigan will cut me off in a heartbeat if they can.

[martyfan]

Fuck Michigan, seriously. I wish I could afford to move, but then again, it's not like there's a state that isn't trying some bullshit like this.

[veracity]

I wish you had a Good Sam clinic near you. They're saving my ass at the moment. I get one of my insulin pens for $10 bucks every 3-4 months (I forget which). That's so much cheaper than expected. I went broke paying for my meds because I had no idea about this place. I was paying $120-140 a vial, 4 a month. On student loans. I hope you can get the disability quickly. I know here in Georgia it's a snail's pace if you can qualify.

[alicephilippa]

The real problem is not welfare, but the accumulation of more and more of a county's wealth in fewer and fewer people.

Upward mobility for everyone is a pipedream. Whilst the gap between rich and poor continues to grow the higher the bar becomes for lifting oneself out of poverty.

No matter how the cloth is cut there are always going to be some who are in a position that reliance on the state is necessary - the chronically sick, the disabled, the elderly. They won't just disappear overnight however much the rich would like them to.

[adinasauce]

So hang on a second

The GOP spends months raking Obama over the coals using lies and/or misinformation about his Administration "gutting Welfare" by allowing states waivers in order to come up with their own work-to-welfare programs

They've also spent decades attempting to dismantle Federal offices/programs, such as the Dept. of Education, and now PPACA, because it'd be "better" for states to come up with their own programs as opposed to one-size-fits-all Federal regulations, which are of course evil and bad

Only to turn around and propose essentially the same things

Is it safe to say that 99.9% of shit the GOP complains about at this point is just sheer projection?