SotH Paul Ryan to retire from federal government "service"

[turok]

One of the late Ayn Rand's biggest fanboys has just announced his intention to retire, citing amongst other reasons, helping to pass the Tax Gutting and Gobs Act, and his desire to spend more time with is teenaged children. The latter despite Congresscritters "working" what most average working stiffs would call a PT job, going home early on Fridays, and returning Tuesdays, except during seasonal recesses and holidays.

Wouldn't surprise me if he gets a prime lobbyist gig, lucrative speaking engagements, and maybe a seat on the board of directors for Koch Industries, since he was instrumental in getting their billions in cuts, while being a sock-puppet for Chucky and Davy.

This also has the earmarks of getting aboard one of the few lifeboats before the Trumptanic sinks.

However, one of the rumored candidate replacements for his seat is Paul Nehlen, a white supremacist and avowed patriotic ammosexual gun nut.

 

[Gulo Blue]

I don't mind there being a handful of Ayn Rand fanboys in the House and Senate. There are dangers in collectivism and a few watchdogs against it are a good idea. I always liked Ron Paul.

But Ayn Rand took an extreme position and while her fanboys should have a seat at the table, it would be nice if they were seen as extremes and not typical.

 

[tinselwolverine]

The latter despite Congresscritters "working" what most average working stiffs would call a PT job, going home early on Fridays, and returning Tuesdays, except during seasonal recesses and holidays.

I guess Ryan would usually go home on weekends to be with his family - that isn't necessarily that unusual for people who aren't in Congress.

I don't know anything about when he leaves Washington and comes back over weekends; I just heard an interview with him saying that he's in Washington four days a week.

I've read/heard accounts that Ryan usually puts in 18 hour or more workdays - maybe the time he works out is counted in those hours, I don't know.

I also read/heard that he spent so much time in the Speaker's office that he actually just lived there; at least at first - it was hard to get the cigarette smell out of the office at first.

Possibly, the work description quoted might apply to some folks in Congress, but it seems counterintuitive that it would apply to party leadership - in either party - on Capitol Hill.

 

[Michchamp]

I am 99% certain that he already has a lobbying gig lined up, and 100% certain he will end up as a lobbyist even if not, since he's unqualified to do anything else, and has no talent or personality.

 

[tinselwolverine]

I am 99% certain that he already has a lobbying gig lined up, and 100% certain he will end up as a lobbyist even if not, since he's unqualified to do anything else, and has no talent or personality.

He's supposed to be a big time elk hunter.

Maybe he's getting a job hunting elk and sell the meat to places that serve exotic game.

 

[turok]

I don't mind there being a handful of Ayn Rand fanboys in the House and Senate. There are dangers in collectivism and a few watchdogs against it are a good idea. I always liked Ron Paul.

But Ayn Rand took an extreme position and while her fanboys should have a seat at the table, it would be nice if they were seen as extremes and not typical.

The chances of collectivism and unionism ever (re)gaining a foothold in the US has all but died with the Citizens United SCOTUS ruling, IMO. But Trump's efforts at enforcing trade protectionism are just as futile. Too many years have passed since we turned Japan, China, and to a lesser degree South Korea, Taiwan, and Indochina into industrial and manufacturing powerhouses with our free market policies implemented since the mid-70s. This despite the duty-free markets only existing here in the US, and v irtually nowhere else overseas.

 

[tigermud]

something tells me he'll be challenging trump in 2020, these people don't ever really retire

 

[sggatecl]

something tells me he'll be challenging trump in 2020, these people don't ever really retire

Won't be much of a challenge imo. His schtick was always financial conservatism and he just presided over budget decisions that will have the deficit back above a trillion dollars. Those are Obama levels of spending and we're not even in a recession. I really don't know what leg he has left to stand on at this point.

 

[tinselwolverine]

something tells me he'll be challenging trump in 2020, these people don't ever really retire

If Trump goes after the Republican nomination, Ryan will keep his powder dry and wait for another chance.

Ryan is 48; realistically he has five or six more shots at the White House.

 

[sggatecl]

If Trump goes after the Republican nomination, Ryan will keep his powder dry and wait for another chance.

Ryan is 48; realistically he has five or six more shots at the White House.

I remember listening to Steele and Unger right after the election and they said Trump getting elected was the worst possible scenario for Ryan because it most likely pushes his presidential bid back to 2024. Nobody is going to want their initial presidential campaign to go through a shit show like Trump.

 

[turok]

s/b interesting to see which Republican rep would be willing to stick his or her neck out and succeed Ryan as SotH under Drumpf, considering the GOP majority HoR's overall reluctance to step up back when the 19th hole spray-tanned boozer Boehner retired a few years ago.

Ryan will have held the position for only 3.3 years, out of his 20 in office upon retirement.

Unless, of course, Democrats manage to regain majority control after the mid-terms this fall.

 

[Michchamp]

in the thread title "retire" should also be in quotes, since he'll still be in DC, just on the other side of the revolving door, until something else comes along.

I was going to say he only has a BA and then from Miami (OH) so he lacks credentials to hold offices that require a JD or graduate degree, but when I look at Trump's cabinet, I'm reminded even that doesn't matter anymore.

he's pretty much earned himself lifetime "welfare" from the Right (i.e. a high six-figure salary from a Koch-funded "Think Tank") so he can coast for the next 40-50 years until he dies, and still live quite comfortably wherever he wants in the country.

 

[Gulo Blue]

 

[sggatecl]

Entitled Deadbeat Finally Breaks Out Of 20-Year Cycle Of Government Dependency

 

[Gulo Blue]

Entitled Deadbeat Finally Breaks Out Of 20-Year Cycle Of Government Dependency

Oh no. He'll have benefits for life now.

 

[turok]

Oh no. He'll have benefits for life now.

Yup, I can relate to that...:nod:...but his will be a six-figure annual govmint pension + bennies..and whatever generous rewards as yet to be gleaned from the global corporate capitalists/oligarchy in appreciation for his helping to pass the TC & JA.