VIDEO: Paul Ryan Booed At Town Hall For Defending Tax Breaks For The Wealthy

[rndmprsn]

http://thinkprogress.org/2011/04/20/paul-ryan-wealthy-tax-breaks/

Earlier this week, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) embarked on a series of town halls across his southern Wisconsin congressional district. Ryan has gained notoriety in recent weeks as the architect of the Republican budget which extends tax breaks for the wealthy and phases out Medicare. House Republicans voted 235-4 in favor of the plan.



During a town hall meeting in Milton, a constituent who described himself as a “lifelong conservative” asked Ryan about the effects of growing income inequality in our nation. The constituent noted that huge income disparities contributed to the Great Depression and the Great Recession, and thus wanted to know why the congressman was “fighting to not let the tax breaks for the wealthy expire.”

Ryan argued against “redistribut” in this manner. After the constituent noted that “there’s nothing wrong with taxing the top because it does not trickle down,” Ryan argued that “we do tax the top.” This response earned a chorus of boos from constituents...

...Still, Ryan’s outraged constituents are representative of the country as a whole. A new Washington Post-ABC News poll found that 72 percent of Americans wanted Congress to raise taxes on wealthy Americans making more than $250,000 per year.

[blogslut]

1. Awesome

Good for those people. May this video go so very viral.

[liberal N proud]

2. We've only begun to fight back

[Hosnon]

3. I submit that ANY business that has excess funds to the tune of $250,000+ at the end of the year

that is taxable is not a small business.

I'm a small business owner, my parents are small business owners, and I have known other small business owners. Most actual small business owners would orgasm over the thought of having that kind of taxable income at the end of the year.

[progressoid]

4. Think this will be on the nightly news like all the "kill Grandma" town halls were?

Not holding my breath.

[Kurovski]

5. K&R. (nt)

[rndmprsn]

6. the thing that really struck me...

was how the lifelong conservative so matter-of-factly stated that the wealth is not trickling down so it was fair to tax the wealthy.

this pretty much demolishes the whole governing philosophy of the GOP...am i wrong to say this?

[Terra Alta]

7. Good. Maybe he will be voted out in 2012.

Along with a great number of those who want to give tax cuts to the wealthy. A majority of Americans are against that, and it's time for our voices to be heard!

[Blue Owl]

8. BOOOOOOOOO

Feels good to heap a little more on the pile!

:)