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Paul Ryan did not pass a law requiring the government to offer him family leave. He set the expectations of the people who were considering electing him. This
by cookiecaper 10y ago
Paul Ryan did not pass a law requiring the government to offer him family leave. He set the expectations of the people who were considering electing him.
This is the same thing as telling the job interviewer that weekends are off-limits. Ryan is negotiating for himself, not using the government to enforce the policy on an employer who is otherwise unwilling. That is 100% consistent with his political position. He is not in favor of making family leave illegal, he just opposes making it mandatory.
- DonHopkins 10y agoIs your point that it's technically legal for him to be a huge hypocrite totally lacking in empathy and compassion? I'll grant you that.
- cookiecaper 10y agoMy point is that he's not being hypocritical. There's a difference between believing something should be guaranteed by law and negotiating that same thing as a perk of your employment package.
- DonHopkins 10y agoI see you can use it in a sentence, but I don't think you really understand what the word hypocrisy means.