Hot Air on Paul Ryan and 90% AIG tax
Hot Air — “Paul Ryan: I probably shouldn’t have voted for that AIG bonus tax, huh?”
I remain a fan, but the ineptness of his excuse here is positively Steele-esque.
“Now, that I know - which I didn’t at the time - that this is unconstitutional, I wouldn’t have voted the same way,” Ryan said during a taping of C-Span’s “Newsmakers” on Thursday - the show is set to air on Sunday. POLITICO was one of the participants in the Ryan interview.
Ryan blames confusion about the constitutionality of the plan on Democrats for rushing the bill through the House.
“You rush this thing to the floor. Nobody had time to review it,” Ryan said on the CSPAN program, adding that lawmakers “got conflicting advice on it” before the vote…
But the conservative still agrees with the underlying principle behind the bill.
“The message was sent that should have been sent,” Ryan said. “These bonuses were completely ridiculous. They rewarded failure.”
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