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Vexcalibur
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16 Aug 2012, 8:45 am

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Yet Ryan, in the wake of his father's death, was crucially aided by government. “It was a tough time for our family, and Social Security was there to help us when we needed the help,” Ryan told AP (1/16/05; cited in New Yorker, 8/15/12). "I was a personal beneficiary of the Social Security safety net system." (Presumably Ryan's elderly grandmother was also receiving Medicare benefits.)

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16 Aug 2012, 9:03 am

Vexcalibur wrote:
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Yet Ryan, in the wake of his father's death, was crucially aided by government. “It was a tough time for our family, and Social Security was there to help us when we needed the help,” Ryan told AP (1/16/05; cited in New Yorker, 8/15/12). "I was a personal beneficiary of the Social Security safety net system." (Presumably Ryan's elderly grandmother was also receiving Medicare benefits.)

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It is different when we do it.


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16 Aug 2012, 9:31 am

JakobVirgil wrote:
Vexcalibur wrote:
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Yet Ryan, in the wake of his father's death, was crucially aided by government. “It was a tough time for our family, and Social Security was there to help us when we needed the help,” Ryan told AP (1/16/05; cited in New Yorker, 8/15/12). "I was a personal beneficiary of the Social Security safety net system." (Presumably Ryan's elderly grandmother was also receiving Medicare benefits.)

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=4601


It is different when we do it.


"But big bad gubbermint forced me to pay in" is their excuse.