In Defense of Paul Ryan | National Catholic Reporter

In Defense of Paul Ryan | National Catholic Reporter by MSW.  MGB: I will give Ryan the benefit of the doubt on inner-city men meaning black.  I suspect he also considers Latinos to be part of the mix. I work with several black and latino men.  They are not slouchers.  I know several black and latino families - many have both parents.  Ryan parroting reactionary talking points is no excuse for their inflamatory nature which likely is racist and designed to stir up the Republican base.  I don't give Republican reactionary groups the benefit of the doubt - ever.  That includes FoxNews.



As for poverty, if Ryan is really concerned he can do five things: 1. make the Child Tax Credit much more generous and create a non-working spouse credit as well, 2. support wide-spread amnesty for non-violent drug offenders, 3. support amnesty for undocumented workers so that they can get better jobs, 4. remove all requirements from TANF for intact families and adjust benefit levels so that two earner families still can participate in poverty programs (married or not) and 5 federalize Medicaid and extend the expansion to every state (and quit voting to repeal Obamacare).  Short of these things, Ryan gets no benefit of the doubt from me.