I have been thoroughly enjoying Pope Francis' recent comments on many things including his attacks against capitalism because it highlights how horrendous conservative policies have been on the majority of people in America and in the world.
You know he's being effective because his words have been freaking out the conservative paparazzi on talk radio and Fox News. The latest politician to try and explain Pope Francis' views is non other than Rep. Paul Ryan, a catholic who's own theories about the economy now put him solidly against the Pontiff's beliefs.Here's some of what one of the conservative presidential hopefuls for 2016 had to say to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:Ryan, who is Catholic, was asked about Pope Francis' recent sharp critique of capitalism. Ryan stood up for the free enterprise system as a way of alleviating poverty as well as being consistent with Catholic teaching. "People need to get involved in their communities to make a difference, to fix problems soul to soul," Ryan said.Ryan added, "What I love about the pope is he is triggering the exact kind of dialogue we ought to be having."Ryan said he did not consider Francis a Marxist, as talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh alleged. Ryan said Francis grew up under the Peronist movement in Argentina, where the state took a leading role in the economy."The guy is from Argentina, they haven't had real capitalism in Argentina," Ryan said. "They have crony capitalism in Argentina. They don't have a true free enterprise system."
who does he think he's fooling this is nothing more than a condescending slap to Pope Frankie by the 2012 liar, he is saying Pope Frankie is a hick from Argentina that knows not the evils of the world of capitalism, so in short he is saying pay him no attention he doesn't know what he's talking about.
If you need a translation basically Paul Ryan is saying that the Pope is an economic fool and doesn't know a f*&king thing about capitalism. Why do these conservatives all believe that a man like Pope Francis would be so ignorant about policies that he's discussing to the public? He's carefully trying to steer the church to a better place than it has been docked in by the conservative factions for decades now.
In an interview with the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel — somewhat amusingly focused on Ryan's support for a casino in the state — Ryan offered his response. "The guy is from Argentina, they haven’t had real capitalism in Argentina. They have crony capitalism in Argentina. They don’t have a true free enterprise system." And one certainly can't critique another country's economic system without having lived there for an extended period of time, as Paul Ryan suggests.
is he, Ryan referring to their real free enterprise system that sends jobs overseas, strips cities and families (Bain), refuse a fair wage and safe work environment pay for their bosses perks with the taxes they refuse to impose on those bosses, ask other employees to kick in a few bucks for the underpaid? is that what he means by true capitalism?
