You are responsible for the national debt.
You are responsible for the current condition of the country.
You can't retire retroactively from government.

.... as he is running for VEEP as his back up plan.

He has been in government since like 1990 (?) as a college student ...... over 50 % of his life he has been
in government and as an adult (past 18) he has been in government for 88% of his life.

Resign. Hit the road Jack. And on your way out, repay the taxpayer for all the money you fed from out of our treasury.

isn't it?

The guy that has been on the government payroll for more than half his life ... doesn't think of himself as a part of government ...

Sheriff joe arpaio ... who doesn't believe that racial profiling exists, training his staff on how not to profile ...

conservative business owners don't believe that the government creates jobs, while 80% of their revenues derive from government contracts ...

To hell with "What's The Matter With Kansas" ... What's the matter with all of America, that we allow this craziness continue?

You hit on the head.

They are delusional. That's bad enough.

But they also have power to back those delusions up.

We could go to the base who has less power but they are just as delusional.

All he has done is obstruct

Government OF the people, BY the people, and FOR the people.

I'm at a loss to figure out how Ryan would have put it.

"belongs" to the Koch brothers, lobbyists, oil companies and rich people.

who's bidding he does.

He's so smart, Ryan the thinker, a guy with ideas.

Same reasoning... Unemployment checks, welfare, and the SNAP program must be a public sector bailout we earned instead of government largess.

Right Paul, or is it different when someone else is cashing those federal checks?

that he does for them, then. Since they hired him to be their representative in the eebil gubmint and all.

whole adult life has been on the public payroll.

The entire party always touts "limited government is best" and that "government doesn't create jobs" while they're the ones who run for government positions. And they're the ones who want to dictate the sex lives of women and gay people. Whether they like it or not, the Reds all receive government benefits despite demonizing them, such as how Paul Ryan received SS and how Scott Brown had one of his daughters on government health care.
Luckily for them, about half of the country is dense enough to tolerate this fallacy.

so let's confirm this for him, and get him out of Congress at the same time he and rmoney lose their WH bid!!! HOW SWEET WOULD THAT BE!!!

Contribute to his challenger Rob Zerban!

http://www.robzerban.com/

And you live here. So you ARE the government, just like every other citizen.

Government is "we the people", you stinking idiot. GET OUT.

...done!

My dad worked for the government for 40 years. Every day he would go in and do good things for the citizens of this country.

Paul Ryan goes to a big building in Washington and throws temper tantrums...for which the citizens pay him $165,000 per year. There is a difference.

Isn't impersonating a public servant against the law?

after the third word it would be more appropriate.

Fucker

Real quickie timeline of Ryan's adult life (going by dates in Wikipedia, so not exact)

1988-1992: ~4 years student @ public university: ~16%
1993-1997: ~4 years congressional staffer and conservative political org employee: ~16%

1997-1998: ~1 year as consultant for relatives company: ~4%
1998: ~1 year running for House seat: ~4%

1999-2012: ~13 years Member of the US House of Representatives ~54%


As long as I'm doing quick calculations, let's note that Ryan has been in congress for a year more than Ted Kennedy at the same age. Some Mr. "I'm not the government" Ryan is, eh?

It's something I learned in grade school: "We the people..."

Who signs your paychecks, Rep Ryan?

like Abe Lincoln said, I can totally understand why Ryan might feel like he doesn't really fit in.

And his health insurance. And his security detail.

She lays there thinking "This is just a job to survive, this not me".

Government is his plaything, not a responsibility.

He can't belong to the government because the government is "evil", right? He can't admit to being part of that "evil".

Perhaps he felt left out as a species.

And by the way what the fuck are they doing speaking to a known hate group like the Family Research Council? Fuckers.

this time.

Could they get any more ridiculous? That deserves a skit on SNL.

Longtime Congressman never thought of himself as part of the US Government.

What did he think he was a part of??

Let's hope the people will share his views in the next election and give the job to someone who at least knows where they are and who they are working for.

I bet he took those Government checks and benefits though.

Both living off teats ... one inherited private "equity", the other public government. Neither of these entitled twits have ever GOTTEN A JOB.

I never thought of government as something I wanted people like him to belong to.

You're a wholly-owned subsidiary of Corporate America.

Because you are about to become a private citizen. Asshat.

What a duplicitous asshole!

quit then because he sucks at what he does

it's just something he uses and milks to create his personal wealth.

Of course he doesn't think of government as something he belongs to ... because then he would actually CARE about what he was doing and put some effort into supporting all the hurting people in his district.

Government is something you use selfishly for your own ends because you are entitled.

then go and prove it when they get elected.
The only problem is that under-informed voters vote these bass turds in!
Why, I'll never know!

I know I'd certainly prefer to think of it as something Ryan doesn't belong to.

That was Response # 1.

Now on to Response #2:

First, the answers:

a) The world population of decent, honest people

b) Three-hour marathoners

c)The list of future Vice Presidents

Now the question:

Name 3 other things Ryan doesn't belong to

he thought he was a server at IHOP

Idiot.

in January, you think he'll rethink his stance on social safety net programs, and apply for unemployment benefits?

Give back all his congressional pay, since he wasn't really part of the government? Plus, I personally would not shed a tear if he were to even look for another country (but seriously, folks, who'd have him?)

His entire professional life has been intertwined with the government.

your lifetime pension when you retire. Keep separating yourself from what you have done for years. It makes you so credible!

But he grew up on SS benefits...the same ones he wants to deny others.

it goes along with Dick Cheney when he stated that the
Office of the Vice President is not part of the Executive Branch
of the Government.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2007/06/cheney-power-gr/

Government was some entity that he had to escape from, not join their military and not pay their taxes. It's worked pretty well for both of them.

People that believe this lying sack of crap are even more stupid than I can ever imagine.