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Honeycombe8

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83. Oh, Ryan's happy as a tick on a dog. He'll get a (or several) FAT board positions or jobs.

Thu Apr 12, 2018, 07:58 PM

Apr 2018

He probably already has one lined up. Corporate America is very thankful to Ryan for the YUGE TAX CUTS for them.

Ryan is retiring to become a very, very wealthy man. He kissed Trump's ass to get his signature on the tax cut bill. It was clear to me from the start that this was the golden goose that Ryan was working for. Once he got it, he breathed a sigh of relief, and checked out of Congress. No need to get involved in investigatins, who is head of the Intel Committee, Trump's tweets or unethical behavior, budgets and other lofty goals he once had.

He got the big kahuna: The YUGE tax cuts. He'll get millions from that alone. And now, because of that bill, his future as a very very wealthy man is secure, as he shops for board positions with Fortune 500 companies.

Ryan has no regrets, as the author of the article seems to think. He accomplished his goal.

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Oh, Ryan's happy as a tick on a dog. He'll get a (or several) FAT board positions or jobs. Honeycombe8 Apr 2018 #83

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