Ryan Should Whistle Himself Right Out Of Congress

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Thank goodness we have someone like Rep. Paul Ryan to warn us of the potential funding shortfalls looming over some of our most sacred taxpayer funded institutions. Otherwise, we’d never have known. The recent Beloit Daily News editorial titled Danger of inaction remains obvious is a directionless yet overbearing reminder of the obvious, that protecting both Medicare and SS in their current provider form is more important now during these most uncertain times.

But as a resident, taxpayer and voter in the 1st Congressional District of Wisconsin I’m tired of listening to politicians like Ryan sounding deficit alarms with solutions of tax cuts and privatization. He is one of a small but apparently growing population of career usurpers running amok in Congress who are more the adversary and less the advocate of our domestic needs than they pretend to be.

Next to the treasury drain and debacle in Iraq, the empty shrill promises of growing more revenue from tax cuts were the single largest contributor to the GOP/Ryan rubber stamped $2.3 trillion deficit between 2001 and 2006. Tax cuts added more debt (51%) than increased spending on defense and homeland security (33%) and all entitlement programs (10%).

Ryan’s tenure in Congress has been marked by the party-line voting of these failed policies that have ultimately resulted in today’s economic climate. This is no coincidence.

You can bet Ryan will be whistling up that same tax cut/privatization tree all over again during this election year cycle. Only this time with the new democratic majority, suddenly he says Congress has a spending problem. I'm tired of the B.S.

We need to stop voting against our own interests. We need to make this Ryan’s last year in office.