to give some perspective as a Federal Employee in Ryan's home state. The massive tax cuts Ryan is proposing on top of the Bush tax cuts would do nothing but fuel another financial bubble on Wall Street, do nothing to create a single liveable wage employment position, and enrich those lucky enough to sit in corporate boardrooms and have a few million to invest. The rest of us would be grubbing in the dirt and groveling before our corporate masters for a few dollars. I do not know for sure what he received, but in 1973 when I went to school after my father died, I received both Veterans' and Social Security throughout college.  My Mom's Social security ended when I turned 18, but not mine.  So he drank at the public trough for much longer in all likelihood. If you're rich, it's all due to your own individual virtue, the line goes, not due to the public education you or your employees received, not enabled by your access to roads and bridges and sewer systems built by the government , not protected by public police and fire departments. Ryan's family's business, Ryan, Inc. made their fortune in the construction business by building roads and highways - which were...wait for it... government contracts . Isn't it ironic to think that man might determine his own future by something so seemingly trivial as the choice of an insect spray. ~ Rachel Carson, Silent Spring ~ The Walden Media film Won't Back