Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
Paul Davis Ryanis the 54th and current Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Ryan is a member of the Republican Party who has served as the U.S. Representative for Wisconsin's 1st congressional district since 1999. Ryan previously served as Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, from January 3 to October 29, 2015, and, before that, as Chairman of the House Budget Committee from 2011 to 2015. He was the Republican Party nominee for Vice President of the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth29 January 1970
CityJanesville, WI
CountryUnited States of America
Those who say there's no problem and there's plenty of time are offering a misleading argument that the Social Security Trust Fund somehow has assets that can be used to draw upon starting in 12 years to pay benefits, but the trust fund does not contain cash or bonds or stocks to turn into funds. It contains IOUs reflecting the rate of the trust fund over the last few decades.
What we don't have is a willingness for any Democrat to work with a Republican -- that's the biggest problem right now. It's too big of a partisan issue for Democrats to cooperate on, and that's been our biggest problem. We don't need a commission to tell us that.
The social safety net is in place and intact. That's not the problem. The problem is a hurricane just pushed out hundreds of thousands of people, ... You're seeing people trying to pile unrelated agendas on top of this tragedy, which I think is unfortunate.
The problem with our deficit is not because Americans are taxed too little. The problem with the deficit is because Washington spends too much money. We have got to stop spending money we don't have.
We don't have a tax revenue problem in Washington, we have a spending problem in Washington.
Here's the problem if you keep raising tax rates: You slow down economic growth.
I see problems that can be fixed because I see solutions that are actually occurring.
I think when the dust settles, the situation will look different than it does today.
I think Congress can walk and chew gum at the same time,
Penn students don't fight. They only fight with their lawyers.
It also tells the American people that we're finally getting serious about saving the Social Security surplus for Social Security benefits.
What we show with our bill is that with large personal accounts, you don't have to change benefits,
When I first got elected, I was an unknown person from Janesville, Wisconsin. I'm not wealthy and I was able to do it, nonetheless. So I am living proof that an unknown, non-wealthy person can get elected to these seats.
When Governor Romney asked me to join the ticket, I said, 'Let's get this done' - and that is exactly, what we're going to do.