Morning Quote: Paul Ryan Calls 30 Percent of Americans "Takers"

The GOP’s vice presidential candidate, Paul Ryan the Plutocrat, hates almost as many Americans as Mitt Romney does, indicated in remarks (made by Ryan in November 2011) which went unreported until yesterday:

“Seventy percent of Americans want the American dream. They believe in the American idea. Only 30 percent want their welfare state. Before too long, we could become a society where the net majority of Americans are takers, not makers.”

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