GOP Intent on Suicide

Mittens announced his running mate today. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin. Here is a guy who wants to solve the country's debt problems in the worst way. And he's got a plan. Yessir, he does. It has been revealed to us already. Basically, it's screw the poor and the elderly: reduce Medicaid and put Medicare on vouchers . . . oh, and cut Social Security, too. Along with government regulations on business. All reports say the Democrats are delighted that Romney selected a Tea Party darling to run with him.

Although the partisan writing for FireDogLake may exaggerate a bit, here's what could be fairly expected from Paul Ryan if he had his way:

• No more Medicare.
  No more Medicaid.
  Privatized (vampire-squid-administered) Social Security.
  No more Unemployment Compensation, parasites.
• No more Mars Curiosity Rover program.
  No more space exploration.
  No more public television.
  No more public radio, or National Endowment for the Arts or Humanities.
• No more public health funding.
  No more volcano monitoring.
  No more tsunami warning network.
• No more Weather Service, converted to a privatized, for-pay system.
  No more Planned Parenthood.
  No more Environmental Protection Agency.

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