{"id":8717,"date":"2012-08-14T15:53:56","date_gmt":"2012-08-14T21:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/?p=8717"},"modified":"2012-08-14T15:53:56","modified_gmt":"2012-08-14T21:53:56","slug":"paul-ryans-ayn-rand-budget-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/14\/paul-ryans-ayn-rand-budget-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Ryans &#8220;Ayn Rand&#8221; Budget Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>His ideas are pretty fucking simple. Cut all government programs<\/p>\n<p>By 2050 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/business\/archive\/2012\/03\/the-worst-part-of-paul-ryans-budget\/254845\/\">91%<\/a> of government would end under his budget plan. 91%<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8718\" title=\"Paul Ryan with idea sheets\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Paul-Ryan-with-idea-sheets.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"319\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Paul-Ryan-with-idea-sheets.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Paul-Ryan-with-idea-sheets-300x259.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/>(The path is &#8220;up yours&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>Fuck the middle class, the poor, old people, college kids, students,<\/p>\n<p>unemployed, CIA, jobless, veterans, or anyone aside from the top<\/p>\n<p>3%, corporations, or all banks. We cut your shit, to give to the rich<\/p>\n<p>in the form of &#8220;tax cuts&#8221;. If we don&#8217;t collect it from you, then we got<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8719\" title=\"Paul Ryan Tune in Tokyo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Paul-Ryan-Tune-in-Tokyo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"321\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Paul-Ryan-Tune-in-Tokyo.jpg 413w, https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Paul-Ryan-Tune-in-Tokyo-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/>(Tune in Tokyo!)<\/p>\n<p>nothing to pay these programs. Rather than make them pay, we say<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Eat shit&#8221;, &amp; the programs all end. It&#8217;s called starving it. It is exactly<\/p>\n<p>what Grover Norquist wants to do, just way fucking faster. Oh, Paul&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>favorite hero is Ayn Rand. Her works of fiction in which all her hero&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8720\" title=\"Ayn Rand Sharing book\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Ayn-Rand-Sharing-book.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"321\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Ayn-Rand-Sharing-book.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Ayn-Rand-Sharing-book-247x300.jpg 247w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/>(I kill you)<\/p>\n<p>in the stories are built after a sociopath child killer named William<\/p>\n<p>Edward Hickman. She saw him as the height of man, a &#8220;superman&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Her exact quote, &#8220;He has the true, innate psychology of a Superman&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Classy stuff she created. Her entire world saw selfishness and greed<\/p>\n<p>as the height of man, &amp; she called altruism &#8220;evil&#8221;. Nice charming gal<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8721\" title=\"Ayn Rand black &amp; white\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Ayn-Rand-black-white.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"323\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Ayn-Rand-black-white.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Ayn-Rand-black-white-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/>(Agh! A face for radio)<\/p>\n<p>Well Paul Ryan decided to gush at length about her in this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WmW19uoyuO8\">little clip<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Sales of Atlas Shrugged have surged with Obama administration<br \/>\ncoming in. It&#8217;s that kind of thinking, &amp; that kind of writing that we<br \/>\nsorely need right now. I think a lot of people would observe that we<br \/>\nare right now living in an Ayn Rand novel metaphorically speaking<br \/>\nThe issue that is under assault&#8230;Ayn Rand more than anyone else, <\/em><br \/>\n<em>did a fantastic job of explaining the morality of Capitalism, the <\/em><br \/>\n<em>morality of individualism, &amp; this to me is what matters most. It&#8217;s <\/em><br \/>\n<em>not enough to say that Obama&#8217;s taxes are too big or the health care <\/em><br \/>\n<em>plan doesn&#8217;t work for this\/that policy reason. It is the morality of <\/em><br \/>\n<em>what is occurring right now, &amp; how it offends the morality or <\/em><br \/>\n<em>individuals working towards their own free will, to produce, to <\/em><br \/>\n<em>achieve, to succeed that is under attack. And it is that what I think <\/em><br \/>\n<em>Ayn Rand would comment on that we need now more than ever&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you want to know how this man thinks, simply listen to his words<\/p>\n<p>He cites <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/online\/blogs\/newsdesk\/2012\/08\/paul-ryan-and-ayn-rand.html\">HER<\/a> as the main reason he got into politics &amp; public service<\/p>\n<p>His &#8220;morality&#8221; is &#8220;it&#8217;s all about me, you can go fuck off&#8221;. If that&#8217;s the<\/p>\n<p>thing you want. Vote for him. I have a sneaky feeling that&#8217;s not what<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8722\" title=\"Hubris\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Hubris.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"322\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Hubris.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Hubris-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\" \/>(Watch out)<\/p>\n<p>people want. We at our very core know we exist in a modern society<\/p>\n<p>No man is an island. Least of all should be someone tasked with the<\/p>\n<p>job of serving others. Paul&#8217;s best served being CEO or a banker with<\/p>\n<p>his views, not an elected servant. Knowing how to treat your fellow<\/p>\n<p>American&#8217;s should instinctually come with governing others in 2012<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8723\" title=\"GOP jobs bill\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/GOP-jobs-bill.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"327\" height=\"286\" \/>(Up yours)<\/p>\n<p>But Paul doesn&#8217;t care. He doesn&#8217;t apologize either. Which makes him<\/p>\n<p>a special brand of human shit. The kind that stinks bad &amp; doesn&#8217;t care<\/p>\n<p>Have a day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>His ideas are pretty fucking simple. Cut all government programs By 2050 91% of government would end under his budget plan. 91% (The path is &#8220;up yours&#8221;) Fuck the middle class, the poor, old people, college kids, students, unemployed, CIA, jobless, veterans, or anyone aside from the top 3%, corporations, or all banks. We cut [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8717"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8717"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8730,"href":"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8717\/revisions\/8730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}