Paul Ryan is Romneys vp

[sperrico87]

Allfreedom99 said:

sperrico87 said:
Just did a little bit of research on Ryan... not impressed at all. Having difficulty seeing why everyone here thinks he's conservative...

He voted for Medicare part D (prescription drug expansion), all the bailouts, TARP ...the list goes on and on. He is the exact opposite of what I was looking for in a Romney VP pick. Just very distressing.

in terms of government policies he does have some black marks on his record in fiscally conservative eyes. He spent like 7 terms as a congressman.

To his defense though he did however push the Bush administration to propose privatizing social security, of which he did not get support for. And while I myself would have preferred another VP choice he at least is proposing to reduce spending and reform unsustainable programs. Unlike the Obama administration that seems to only tout "taxing the rich" will pay for them.

Yeah, but something tells me DoD spending to Paul Ryan doesn't qualify as "unsustainable".  Which of course is the whole problem and precisely why neither party is getting us anywhere in Washington.  Democrats refuse to cut any entitlement programs, and Republicans refuse to cut any overseas spending, and so there is nothing anyone can do to balance the budget and start paying down the debt.