So Paul Ryan made a total ass of himself over the weekend when he tweeted some bullsh*t about the GOP tax overhaul.
The good ol’ “family values” politician tried saying a public high school worker was “pleasantly surprised” to learn that she would be getting a $1.50 a week raise thanks to Ryan and his colleagues:
A basic Costco membership costs $60 a year. (An executive Costco membership costs $120.) The high school secretary will see her pay increase by $78 a year, which means she’ll have a whole $18 left over to spend on whatever she wants!
People were quick to point out Ryan’s out-of-touch assholery.
How about we take this to the next level?
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First there were tweets…
If Paul Ryan threw in an extra $1.50, we could get one of those gigantic Costco hot dogs too, which, if you ask me, would really seal the deal.
— Susie Meister (@susie_meister) February 3, 2018
Coincidentally, this week at Costco there is a sale on Paul Ryan’s awareness.
— Jeremy Newberger (@jeremynewberger) February 3, 2018
What could she buy each week with that extra $1.50?
1/2 a bag of Albanese Gummi Bears
17 minutes of the movie Hostiles
1/2 gallon of gas
1.5 items on McDonalds value menu
1 – 1/4 lb all beef hot dog at Costco
100% of Paul Ryan’s integrity#TrumpTaxScam #caturday #paulryan https://t.co/9ZOzH48iqe— Verbal Kint (@VerbalKint216) February 3, 2018
Paul Ryan: Isn’t that great? An extra $1.50 a week for a Costco membership.
Well, I finished my tweet. Time to get back to what I love most: jerking off to Ayn Rand and laughing at the poor from my home inside the Koch brother’s asses. pic.twitter.com/U7ocJ3bHMI
— beth, not an alien (@bourgeoisalien) February 3, 2018
According to Paul Ryan, the tax cuts will help a public school teacher buy a Costco membership at the end of the year. Meanwhile, the Koch brothers can now afford to buy Costco itself, this afternoon.
— Jon Foley (@GlobalEcoGuy) February 3, 2018
Then came the memes…
Then Paul Ryan deleted the tweet, which is probably the smartest thing he’s done since–well–ever.
He BGB
Remember when he didn’t want this job and they were practically forcing him to take it? Now that he’s 500,000 dollars richer and beloved by corporations, bet he’s glad he took it.
frankcar1965
I can’t stand that asshole who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. I hope he and his spawn children get hit by truck.
KaiserVonScheiss
If these people are so upset they get to keep more of their money, the IRS always takes donations.
DCguy
Awww, how adorable, the Trump Troll doesn’t want to focus on the fact that Sarah Huckabee Sanders stated the average people would save thousands, and yet here is something that points out specifically that this woman is getting an extra $75.00 a year.
Oh, and will that $75.00 a year cover her bills when the Republicans take away her healthcare?
Bob LaBlah
During the vice-presidential debates of 2012 (Romney/Ryan) he went on and on about how his mother had to take public transportation back and forth to work. What pissed me off about Joe Biden’s response was his missing a golden opportunity to ask Ryan not only was he aware that bus was subsidized but also a chance to ask why was he and his ilk cutting mass transportation funding. Howdy-Doody still doesn’t get it.
Xzamilloh
Stock Market is tanking… ‘Murica Winning.
Bob LaBlah
Those poor souls over at Berkshire-Hathaway (Warren Buffet and company) just lost $18.5k per share, so what are we complaining about huh? lol lol But don’t worry, Trump will tweet any second how its Obama’s fault this happened.
Kangol
But…Obama…Hillary…Sloppy Steve…Schiff…Little Marco…Lyin’ Ted LOL
Xzamilloh
“Correcting itself”… whatever helps you sleep at night, bitch (In my Stewie voice)
Brian
Two bad days after a year of steady growth is hardly “tanking”.
mhoffman935
@Xzamilloh
Yeah, if “tanking” to you means correcting itself back to December 2017 levels lol. Clearly you don’t trade stocks if you don’t understand how equities and the market corrects itself when it’s overbought haha
Brody
Correction:
Everyone’s making fun of Nancy Pelosi, who wore her elitism on her sleeve when she referred to a $1000 bonus as “crumbs.”
Way to go, Nanc. Way to go.
Kangol
“Everyone’s making fun of…”: nope, only you FauxNews cultists. But many thousands of people are worrying about their 401(k)s, the stop market’s biggest one-day point drop, etc., under Dotard the Lying, Treasonous Con Man.
Heckuva job, Trumpkin, heckuva job.
Xzamilloh
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/634818865457963008
https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/266285251515531264?lang=en
But these are the same idiots that will bend over backwards to rusty trombone Trump for every “accomplishment” and then obfuscate when his own words come back to bite him in the ass. Remember how the 2013 shutdown was Obama’s fault as it would be the president’s fault, per Donald Trump? And then it magically became the Democrats’ fault when HE’S in office? Please blow me, Hoff.
mhoffman935
@Xzamilloh
Not sure what those tweets are supposed to prove. The markets are way up and several economists on all of the news stations agree that this is the market correcting itself and investors playing it cautiously in anticipation of a Fed rate hike next month. There’s no disputing this: https://i.imgur.com/q3XbCdW.jpg
Your response shows that you don’t trade stocks or understand the markets and no, I will not blow you. #MeToo
DCguy
Oh look, Mo Bro slipped up and had two of his screenames comment one right after the other.
AS for the “Crumbs”
Yes, when a company is saving a billion dollars giving a one time bonus that doesn’t impact it’s profits at all is crumbs. The tax cutes were permanent, bonuses are a one time thing. If the employees were REALLY going to benefit as the White House and Ryan stated, they would get RAISES, not a small one time bonus. But then again, the GOP doesn’t want employees to benefit, because then CEOS couldn’t steal all the money for themselves.
Lacuevaman
we all know … we all know he has a huge dick. What else really matters to the queens??
kevin57
Honey, he’s Irish. He ain’t got no “huge dick.” And I’m Irish, so I know.
Brody
Kevin’s liberal logic strikes yet again:
“I’m Irish and have a micro-penis, therefore all Irishmen must likewise be under-endowed.”
You need to get out more, Kev, even if you are in your sixties.
DCguy
Awww, Mo Bro has a new screename. Oh, Mo, if you’re going to bring in a new screename, try not to use the same attacks as your other screenames.
dgsea06
Oh! Paul Ryan! Is this a Contest of Uglies”? He’s not uglier than McConnel (?) nor than dTrumph (?) but he sure is ugly (!) when he contorts his (face) (?) to display displeasure to that other President, y’know, that last one. . As we sink deeper into the dTrumph/Republican swamp, let us remember what it takes to drain the cesspool. And all you “stock market” addicts, aka: Greedy Bastards, sure,”trade stocks” while you can suck money out of anything you can suck. And you do, indeed suck.
Market corrects itself? Ask Nero and all them Greedy Bastards how they. um “died”.
Not pretty.
Greg
He’s the love child of Gomer Pyle and Barney Fife.
frankcar1965
I bet he’s drained the Trumps dick several times.
Bob LaBlah
I never thought the day would come when another president could make Bush look presidential in comparison. Bush had the good sense to money from the surplus in order to give us his tax refund (which I personally got back right at three hundred dollars) when he first took office. He didnt foresee 9-11 and when he foolishly rushed off to war that was the end of the monstrous surplus that Clinton left him.
This knuckle head gave signed off on tax cuts that by next year will create a one trillion dollar deficit. And to think Trump campaigned on how Obama raised the deficit and such but never mentioned he did it to save the economy, not wreck it as Trump is doing. The only explanation for a 26k Dow is manipulation. Rest assured the monied people knew when to pull out and it was before last week.
mhoffman935
@BobLaBlah
Hold up. So you’re mad that President Trump gave you and nearly every else a tax cut because it is alleged to add to the deficit? But I bet you support free college and free healthcare – both which will drastically add to the deficit more than you can comprehend. You’re being very hypocritical in your opinions. Something tells me that if Obama signed off on tax cuts, you’d support it, but because it’s Trump, you hate it.
Alternatively, if you don’t want your tax cut because you’re concerned about the deficit, you can easily send your money back to the US Treasury via check by mail.
As far as our stock markets, there is some area where I agree that market movements can be controlled via manipulation. We have a Federal Reserve that acts almost as a political entity, controlling the rates and the market. Once the Fed hints at raising rates, the market crashes.
ChrisK
@mhoffman935Oh. Jeez how come I’ve been hearing from Dotard and Fox Noize for weeks how he alone is responsible for the stock market doing so good then? Now it’s Market Fluctuation and stuff that can’t be controlled. Oh and somehow Obama.
mhoffman953
@ChrisK
You’re putting words in my mouth. President Trump’s successes at bringing investments back to the US, increasing consumer confidence, and lower taxes have been bringing the stock market up and up but the moment the Fed says they’re thinking about raising rates, what do you think is going to happen?
All things considered, the stock market goes up when good news keeps happening and down when investors hear bad news. It’s just like the concept of supply and demand and price elasticity.
Are you saying that President Trump is not responsible for the rising stock market? If not then who is?
Bob LaBlah
@ol’ mhoffman935……………..read it and weep. First he drafts a tax cut that sets in motion a soon to come one TRILLION dollar deficit and now this. So much for your lord and savior’s business wizardry. But hey, it wasn’t any of YOUR money involved when he filed bankruptcy FOUR times so why should this matter to you and your Wal-mart filled portfolio. And try not to use the comment about your portfolio to avoid Trumps sky high trade deficit.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/02/06/trump-said-hed-shrink-the-trade-deficit-with-china-it-just-hit-a-record-high/?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_wonkblog-china-1pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.45e8bacf2eca
mhoffman953
@BobLaBlah
So much for that crash: https://i.imgur.com/IVxy1tF.png
Greg
The corporations were given a permanent 15% tax reduction. The People got a 2% temporary tax break, which works out to about $5 / week. Wow. What should I buy first?
jckfmsincty
He looks like Eddie Munster.
Greg
No he doesn’t.
DCguy
So the GOP wants to kill SS, Medicare, Medicade, AND Obamacare.
But don’t worry, that extra $75 dollars a year will help right? Especially when all of the billionaires are sending all of their money to overseas offshore accounts.
ChrisK
Yep. Ryans wet dream is to kill them. Now he can do it under the guise of fiscal responsibility. Hey something has to be cut to pay for the tax scam.
Fu*k I’m at a point where I hate Republicans. They’re just repugnant douche bags that lie every chance they get.