Drawing the Right

There are a lot of big claims made in this E-mail.  I am going to have to check out the sources myself.  But if true, I can't say I'm surprised that candidate Romney who is still perceived as a moderate, from his days as Governor of Mas. is trying to draw in Tea Party votes.

Paul Ryan is bad for America.

He's anti-choice, and would give big tax cuts for millionaires, while raising taxes

on the middle-class. He's a Tea Party favorite who takes donations from the billionaire

Koch brothers, and he introduced one of harshest and most inhumane budgets in recent

history. His ideological hero for many years called selfishness a virtue and charity

an abomination.

But most people don't know just how bad Paul Ryan is.

 So we made this list of 10 things to know about Mitt Romney's Vice Presidential

pick, Paul Ryan. Read it,

then click here to share this list as an image on social media

, or just forward this email! The future of America is on the line—from a woman's

right to choose to our economy.

10 Things to know about Paul Ryan

1.

His economic plan would cost America 1 million jobs in the first year.

 Ryan's proposed budget would cripple the economy. He'd slash spending deeply, which

would not only slow job growth, but shock the economy and cost 1 million of us our

jobs in 2013 alone and kill more than 4 million jobs by the end of 2014.

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2. He'd kill Medicare.

 He'd replace Medicare with vouchers for retirees to purchase insurance, eliminating

the guarantee of health care for seniors and putting them at the mercy of the private

insurance industry. That could amount to a cost increase of more than $5,900 by 2050,

leaving many seniors broke or without the health care they need. He'd also raise

the age of eligibility to 67.

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3.

He'd pickpocket the middle class to line the pockets of the rich.

 His tax plan is Robin Hood in reverse. He wants to cut taxes by $4.6 trillion over

the next decade, but only for corporations and the rich, like giving families earning

more than $1 million a year a $300,000 tax cut. And to pay for them, he'd raise taxes

on middle- and lower-income households and butcher social service programs that help

middle- and working-class Americans.

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4. He's an anti-choice extremist.

Ryan co-sponsored an extremist anti-choice bill, nicknamed the 'Let Women Die Act,'

that would have allowed hospitals to deny women emergency abortion care even if their

lives were at risk. And he co-sponsored another bill that would criminalize some

forms of birth control, all abortions, and in vitro fertilization.

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5. He'd dismantle Social Security.

 Ironically, Ryan used the Social Security Survivors benefit to help pay for college,

but he wants to take that possibility away from future generations. He agrees with

Rick Perry's view that Social Security is a "Ponzi scheme" and he supported George

W. Bush's disastrous proposal to privatize Social Security.

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6.

He'd eliminate Pell grants for more than 1 million low-income students.

 His budget plan cuts the Pell Grant program by $200 billion, which could mean a

loss of educational funding for 1 million low-income students.

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7. He'd give $40 billion in subsidies to Big Oil.

His budget includes oil tax breaks worth $40 billion, while cutting "billions of

dollars from investments to develop alternative fuels and clean energy technologies

that would serve as substitutes for oil."

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8. He's another Koch-head politician.

 Not surprisingly, the billionaire oil-baron Koch brothers are some of Ryan's biggest

political contributors. And their company, Koch industries, is Ryan's biggest energy-related

donor. The company's PAC and affiliated individuals have given him $65,500 in donations.

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9. He opposes gay rights.

 Ryan has an abysmal voting record on gay rights. He's voted to ban adoption by gay

couples, against same-sex marriage, and against repealing "don't ask, don't tell."

He also voted against the Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which President Obama signed

into law in 2009.

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10.

He thinks an "I got mine, who cares if you're okay" philosophy is admirable.

For many years, Paul Ryan devoted himself to Ayn Rand's philosophy of selfishness

as a virtue. It has shaped his entire ethic about whom he serves in public office.

He even went as far as making his interns read her work.

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If there was ever any doubt that Mitt Romney's got a disastrous plan for America—he

made himself 100% clear when he picked right-wing extremist Paul Ryan as his running

mate.

Paul Ryan is bad for America, but we can't beat him if Americans don't know everything

he stands for.

Share this list with all your friends by

clicking here

, or simply forward this email.

Thanks for all you do.

–Justin, Carrie, Steven, Stephen, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "Ryan's Budget, Robin Hood in reverse," Economic Policy Institute

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=278939&id=48819-9089709-CS6gxix&t=4

2. "12 Things You Should Know About Vice Presidential Candidate Paul Ryan," Think

Progress, August 11, 2012

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=278662&id=48819-9089709-CS6gxix&t=5

3."Ryan Budget Would Raise Some Taxes; Guess Who Gets Hit?," Off the Charts, April

12, 2012

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=278692&id=48819-9089709-CS6gxix&t=6

"Middle class could face higher taxes under Republican plan, analysis finds,"

The Washington Post, June 19, 2012

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=278693&id=48819-9089709-CS6gxix&t=7

4. "Statement on Mitt Romney's Selection of Rep. Paul Ryan for His Vice-Presidential

Running Mate," NARAL, August 11, 2012

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=278694&id=48819-9089709-CS6gxix&t=8

"Paul Ryan's Extreme Abortion Views," The Daily Beast, August 11, 2012

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=278695&id=48819-9089709-CS6gxix&t=10

"Paul Ryan Sponsored Fetal Personhood Bill, Opposes Family Planning Funds," Huffington

Post, August 11, 2012

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=278852&id=48819-9089709-CS6gxix&t=12

5. "12 Things You Should Know About Vice Presidential Candidate Paul Ryan," Think

Progress, August 11, 2012

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=278662&id=48819-9089709-CS6gxix&t=13

"Ayn Rand would have HATED Paul Ryan," Daily Kos, August 12, 2012

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=278853&id=48819-9089709-CS6gxix&t=14

6. "Pell Grants For Poor Students Lose $170 Billion In Ryan Budget," Huffington Post,

March 27, 2012

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=278696&id=48819-9089709-CS6gxix&t=15

7. "Ryan Budget Pads Big Oil's Pockets with Senseless Subsidies," Center for American

Progress, March 20, 2012

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=278697&id=48819-9089709-CS6gxix&t=16

8. "Koch brothers have Paul Ryan's back," Politico, August 11, 2012

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=278940&id=48819-9089709-CS6gxix&t=17

9. "Paul Ryan as VP Matches Mitt Romney on Homophobia,"

The Advocate, August 11, 2012

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=278698&id=48819-9089709-CS6gxix&t=18

10."Paul Ryan And Ayn Rand", The New Republic

, December 28, 2010

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=278699&id=48819-9089709-CS6gxix&t=19