Paul Ryan's Voting Record and Entitlement Reform

[Lisa Miller]

The left has come out swing at the Vice Presidential pick of Paul Ryan. Below find a good review of what Paul Ryan has done while in Congress along with the progressive Media Matter's opposition research.

In response to the left's attack of his fondness for Ayn Rand, given he is a Catholic he can more accurately be defined as a person who believes in God, Natural Law. Founding principles and Ayn Rand's Free Markets. He is more akin to a Classical Liberal. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU-8Uz_nMaQ

As Chairman of the Budget Committee see the amendments they regularly defeated and the few they passed.  http://budget.house.gov/committeevotes/fy2013budgetvotes.htm Please also look at the Budget process.

This is a survey of all the Major Tea Party groups support at NewsMax. They got a hold of Tea Party WDC's response to the Ryan VP pick. http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/tea-Ryan-enthused-VP/2012/08/11/id/...

Ryan recanted and regrets his support of the Bush years growth in spending and entitlements including TARP. http://ricochet.com/main-feed/Ryan-During-the-Bush-Years-Miserable?...

Here is a quick summary of his non-threatening Medicare Reform http://medicarenewsgroup.com/news/medicare-faqs/individual-faq?faqI... Here is his reform as he presents it. http://budget.house.gov/uploadedfiles/wydenryan.pdf

We should continue to press for Social Security reform. Here is why and why it benefits current and future retirees. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DRh5zKleh0I

His trading on insider information to avoid the consequences of the crash will likely be used against him even though it was legal at the time and we are likely to find many politicians acted on it. This has now been eliminated thru GOP led reform and Eric Cantor'sloophole to continue to allow spouses to use insider information has been eliminated.

http://www.the-richmonder.com/2012/08/paul-ryan-traded-on-insider-i...

Here is Ryan's voting record. http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Paul_Ryan.htm/

Media Matters opposition research. http://dailycaller.com/2012/08/11/media-matters-super-pac-releases-...

Ryan has voted for the Repeal of Obamacare and Dodd/Frank and made multiple attempts at weakening their disasterous impact. Here is a sample of his approach to Dodd-Frank.  http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/RyanBudgetSeekstoWeakenDodd-Fran... and why Dodd-Frank must be repealed http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2012/07/25/repealing-dodd-frank-...

Thank God Paul Ryan voted AGAINST the Farm Bill. We need to join him to fight it. Obama and Corporate Farmers are using the drought  to extort more Corporate Welfare from the American people when we are already subsidizing them thru previously legislated Corporate welfare. It is the consumer, taxpayer and unemployed that suffer for this government spending.

Ethanol and Farm subsidies have created the incentive for poor farming practices and planting in drought prone places thus a major contributor to droughts and high food prices.  http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2012/07/19/mr-speaker-tear-up-th...

The Farm Reform we should be pushing http://www.redstate.com/tags/tag/farm-bills/

The massive Transporation Bill passed must be repealed at a minimum to the gas tax we collect and at best, returned to the States to collect the tax and make spending decisions http://thehill.com/blogs/transportation-report/highways-bridges-and... See Paul Ryan's efforts (thru the myopic gaze of the cronies). This really shows his limited government efforts.  http://transportationnation.org/2012/08/14/romney-vp-choice-paul-ry...

Ryan voted against the Import/Export Bank Bill that is a tax payer subsidy for Boeing and Foreign run Airlines. This gives us EVERY reason to be sceptical of Eric Cantor and John Boehner's leadership and anyone associated with the "Young Guns" for apprently that is code for robbing the American people.  http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2012/05/09/vote-down-the-export-...

In sum, Ryan appears to be getting better at applying limited government solutions and standing up to the appropriators. This is encouraging and deserves our consideration and support.

In Liberty,

Lisa Miller

Tea Party WDC

www.TeaPartyWDC.ning.com