In case you were wondering, Paul Ryan can and will run for reelection to the House while simultaneously seeking the vice-presidency. But if you want to tell your Republican friends that they can only vote for him once, that might be funny.
Does anyone remember how quickly Dubya lost the good will he won through his 2004 reelection? It was really a one-two-three punch of Terri Schiavo, trying to privatize Social Security, and then the inept reaction to Hurricane Katrina, all with a deepening disaster in Iraq as a backdrop. But we shouldn’t underestimate how badly he hurt himself through the privatization effort alone. That was when the Democrats finally drew a line in the sand and decided to fight back. What people have probably forgotten is that Paul Ryan introduced a Social Security privatization bill so radical that the Bush administration couldn’t support it. How’s this for radical?
What’s more, under the plan, investments in the stock and bond markets would skyrocket such that by 2050, every single stock or bond in the United States would be owned by a Social Security account. This would mean that the portfolio managers at the Social Security Administration would more or less control the entire means of production in the United States.
COMMUNISM!!
So far right, that it’s far left.
I think Floridians are going to hear quite a bit about Ryan’s privatization scheme. And that’s in addition to hearing about Ryan’s plan the voucherize Medicare and leave seniors with a bill for $6,000/yr.
You want to have some fun? Try out the Electoral College calculator and see if you can get Romney to 270 electoral votes without using Florida. Obama currently has a 2.2% polling average lead in Florida. I don’t think Mr. Ryan is going to improve that number, and neither does the Miami Herald.
