Credit where it’s due, the Paul Ryan version

The newly-shaven Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, told a group of Washington interns yesterday that earlier statements he’d made about the poor were “just wrong.” Does this mean, as posted here, that Ryan has shrugged off Ayn Rand? (You can watch the speech at that last link, but here, as far as I’m concerned, is …

Rep. Paul Ryan and the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops

Back in 2012, when Rep. Ryan — former vice presidential candidate and the once and future Speaker of the House — authored a budget that drastically cut money to programs that benefit the poor, the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops said the budget failed to meet certain moral criteria. Here.You can read more. And while recently, Rep. …

So who takes the job that no American wants?

Kevin McCarthy didn’t want it. Paul Ryan insists he doesn’t either, so who does that leave for Speaker of the House? A day laborer, or jornalero/a, of course. If no one wants to be Speaker, then such a job would generally go to a hard working immigrant, yes? Seems fair. Check out what the Speaker …