Earlier I posted Paul Ryan’s mom is “on something that he wants to destroy”: Medicare. His budget would destroy the middle class. Apparently, Paul “Eddie Haskell” Ryan’s own former parish priest is concerned that the Ryan budget proposal that Willard Romney supports (or doesn’t, then does, then doesn’t, then does) will hurt the poor.

He’s right.

And Ryan’s praise and reliance on Ayn Rand’s values aren’t sitting too well either. Ryan:

“I grew up reading Ayn Rand and it taught me quite a bit about who I am and what my value systems are and what my beliefs are. It inspired me so much that it’s required reading in my office for all my interns and my staff.”

Via PR Watch:

[T] the priest who presides over the archways and the towering steeple of the Nativity of Mary says that Ryan’s interpretation of Catholic teaching in national budgetary matters and his prospective vice presidential role have him “worried.” Father Stephen Umhoefer told the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) that he supports a role for religion in the public square, but that Ryan‘s austerity budget and proposed steep cuts in social programs are inconsistent with the Catholic teachings that Ryan cites to justify the policies. [...]

For Umhoefer, the test of the budget is a simple one: “The first question is how does this affect the poor. And everything else follows from that. That doesn’t mean it’s a Republican or Democrat [question] — you could argue that. But the primary question is how does this affect the poor?”

Umhoefer said that Ryan’s lack of attention to the poor and the emphasis on individualism espoused by role models such as Ayn Rand concerned him. “Paul would say that the only way to save the country from a coming [fiscal] disaster is ‘follow my plan.’” But according to Umhoefer, the problem is “you can’t tell somebody that in ten years your economic situation is going to be just wonderful because meanwhile your kids may starve to death.” [...]

But sometimes we need to be rescued: “You can’t just pack your own heat and protect your own building,” he cautioned.

The GOP is out for nobody but themselves. They’re willing to throw the poor and middle class under the bus in order to enrich each other and their corporate cronies. America’s health and well being matter very little, but profits and creating a class system apparently matter a whole lot.

It’s disheartening and maddening to see how little they think of their fellow citizens while wrapping themselves in the flag, projecting their own failings onto the Democratic party, and systematically destroying the country they claim to love so much.