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The belief that recipients of government aid are better off the more we spend on them is remarkably persistent. No matter how many times this central tenet of liberalism gets debunked, like Brett Favre, it just keeps coming back. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#back #belief #better #better off #brett

Throughout human history, the American Idea has done more to help the poor than any other economic system ever designed. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#american idea #any #designed #done #economic

Conventional wisdom on government's role in inequality often has it backwards. Tax reforms have resulted in a more progressive federal income tax; government transfer payments have become less progressive. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#become #conventional #conventional wisdom #federal #government

Hope and change? We're not doing that anymore. They're doing attack and blame. And so, I just think people are going to see through this. They want real leadership. They want us to get this country on the right track. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#attack #blame #change #country #doing

President Obama was asked not long ago to reflect on any mistakes he might have made. He said, well, 'I haven't communicated enough.' He said his job is to 'tell a story to the American people' - as if that's the whole problem here? He needs to talk more, and we need to be better listeners? ↗

— Paul Ryan

#american #american people #any #asked #better

We need to reclaim our American system of limited government, low taxes, reasonable regulations, and sound money, which has blessed us with unprecedented prosperity. And it has done more to help the poor than any other economic system ever designed. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#any #blessed #designed #done #economic

In order to appeal to a wider audience on network in order to survive, generally your characters need to be, at a base level, a little bit more likable. ↗

— Shawn Ryan

#audience #base #bit #characters #generally

There are certain economics involved in making a network TV show that you want to amortize the costs of that, so the more episodes you make, the cheaper they all are individually. ↗

— Shawn Ryan

#cheaper #costs #economics #episodes #individually

There are always at least five good films at the end of the year to get nominated, but generally speaking nowadays, it's more of the independent films that are recognized. ↗

— Mark Rydell

#end #films #five #generally #get

I have musician friends who play too much golf, and they're not as good at music anymore. ↗

— Raphael Saadiq

#friends #golf #good #i #much