Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney and the Buffet Rule.

Recently, Representative Paul Ryan, Republican from Wisconsin, has come out defending the ultra-wealthy who have done very well despite the Great Recession. He dismissed President Obama's "Buffet Rule" tax plan as "budget pixie dust." Interesting indeed since all the Buffet rule is asking is for the ultra-rich to pay a little extra in taxes to help fund some of the crucial programs that are keeping seniors afloat (medicare). It says that successful Americans such as Warren Buffet shouldn't be paying less in taxes than his middle-class secretary. Buffet himself as come out and said people like him need to be asked to help more by paying more in taxes to help keep the American middle class from crumbling further.

Buffet, a titan of investments, knows that without a stable and protected working class, the wealthy wouldn't have anyone to work in their factories. There wouldn't be much of a military to protect their rich asses either since very few in the military are from the upper classes. As it is, our brave soldiers get very little in the form of veteran benefits, thanks in part to greedy Republican elites who seem to care little about anyone other than themselves. Well, if people like Mitt Romney keep squeezing the middle class out of adequate pay, health care and housing, they see the "peons" raise up with more than their vote!!

Paul Ryan claims that even if we pass the "Buffet Rule" it would pay off the deficit completely. He's missing the point because this tax proposal is about fairness and joint sacrifice. The middle class bailed out the rich corporate bosses and Wall Street tycoons and it's time they put some skin in the game. It's about chipping into a society that we all share whether they want to believe it or not in their isolate ivory towers. By the way, Mitt Romney only pays an effective tax rate of 15% yet he is worth upwards of $300 million dollars. Oh, and he absolutely supports the Paul Ryan plan that is an absolute give-away to the wealthy while the middle class get little in tax cuts.

Speaking of Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan (Romney's favorite sycophant) thinks Romney is likable because he's a throw back to the 1950s. Well, I hate to break it to you Paul, but the 1950s weren't that great for a lot of people in America today, namely: women, ethnic minorities, gays, and anyone not Christian. And like the 1950s, Republicans today are trying to control women's bodies and their birth control decisions!! It's like "Back to the Future" with the Republican Party and Mitt Romney, their leader, is straight out of "Mad Men!!" If that's not enough to scare you into opposing their policies and leaders then I don't know what world you are living in.

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