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luckyleftyme2

(3,880 posts)
Thu Aug 16, 2012, 07:01 AM Aug 2012

the two faces of paul ryan


this man is an oppertunist and his voting record shows this. he's a pick me boy from way back. it only takes about 5 min to look this up on the internet. he will day ,act or do whatever he thinks will keep him in office.
Ryan Sought ‘Wasteful’ Stimulus for Green Firms

WASHINGTON — Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan has been one of the harshest critics of President Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan. But months after Congress approved the nearly $800 billion package, the Wisconsin lawmaker was trying to steer money under the program to companies in his home state.

Rep. Ryan wrote letters in 2009 to Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis seeking stimulus grant money for two Wisconsin energy conservation companies. One of them, the nonprofit Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corp., later received $20.3 million from the Energy Department to help homes and businesses improve energy efficiency, according to federal records.

NOW ISN'T THIS TYPICAL OF A REPUBLICAN ELECTED TO OFFICE
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