And oh yeah, the rich didn’t have to pay one extra dime in taxes, because why should we ask the wealthy to sacrifice when we can just take from the poor?
Ryan unveiled the “Ryan plan,” which privatized Medicare, slashed Medicaid, cut food stamps, and generally made life worse for poor Americans in the name of deficit reduction. And oh yeah, the rich didn’t have to pay one extra dime in taxes, because why should we ask the wealthy to sacrifice when we can just take from the poor? Ryan talked about his plan as a response to a crisis of debts and deficits that threatened to plummet America into a financial crisis. This was, of course, bullshit and merely a justification to cut government spending to those who need it most.
