The Further Adventures Of Paul Ryan, International Man of Seriousity
Tucker Carlson, in a rare act of journalism, decided to press Paul Ryan on his use of health care policy as a fig leaf for massive upper-class tax cuts. He received a Very Serious answer:
Carlson: The overview here is that all the wealth [in] basically the last ten years basically has stuck to the top end, that’s one of the reasons we’ve had all this political turmoil, as you know. Kind of a hard sell to say, ‘Yeah, we’re gonna repeal Obamacare but we’re gonna send more money to the people who’ve already gotten the richest over the last ten years.’ I mean, that’s what this does, no? … I’m not leftist, that’s just, that’s true!
Ryan: I–I–I’m not concerned about it because we said we were gonna repeal all the Obamacare taxes, this is one of the Obamacare taxes. The other point I’d is, this dramatically helps tax reform.
Shorter Paul Ryan: “I-I-I-I’m not concerned about the rich cracking the heads of the poor open and feasting on the goo inside. We said we were gonna have cannibalism. The other point is, this dramatically helps our plans to enslave the rest of the poor population.”
In conclusion, there is truly only the smallest possible margin between Paul Ryan and Nancy Pelosi.