Yes, it is a FACT Paul Ryan filed an amendment to his 2011 Financial Disclosure Statement on June 6th. The adjustment was to include the 5 MILLION dollar trust he 'forgot' about.
He apparently forgot that he also requested bailout funds after saying that the bailout "didn't work."
Imagine that....
Paul Ryan Hypocrisy Revealed Ryan sought funds while decrying stimulus
JANESVILLE, Wis. — In 2009, as Representative Paul Ryan was railing against President Obama’s $787 billion stimulus package as a “wasteful spending spree,” he wrote at least four letters to Obama’s secretary of energy asking that millions of dollars from the program be granted to a pair of Wisconsin conservation groups, according to documents obtained by The Globe.
The advocacy appeared to pay off; both groups were awarded the economic recovery funds — one receiving a $20 million grant to help thousands of local businesses and homes improve their energy efficiency, agency documents show.
Ryan’s letters to the energy secretary praising the energy initiatives as he sought a portion of the funding are in sharp contrast to the House Budget Committee chairman’s image as a Tea Party movement favorite adamantly opposed to federal spending on such programs.
Ryan’s views are garnering new attention since his selection Saturday as Mitt Romney’s running mate.
The documents show that Ryan’s attempts to take advantage of the stimulus funds even after he voted against them was more expansive than previously reported. Ryan was criticized by some House Democrats in 2010 after the Wall Street Journal reported that he was among several Republican lawmakers who sought the stimulus money for their constituents by, in his case, writing a letter in 2010 to the Department of Labor.
It's hardly "manufactured." It's truth. If he wants to flip-flop and deny it, imagine my surprise... That's the GOP platform..."rinse & spin"/"Flip and Flop"...
Presented With Letters, Ryan Admits Requesting Stimulus Cash
After repeated denials, Paul Ryan has admitted he requested stimulus cash even after sharply criticizing the program.
Ryan had denied doing so as recently as Wednesday, when he spoke to ABC’s Cincinnati affiliate, WCPO, in Ohio.
“I never asked for stimulus,” Mitt Romney’s new running mate said. “I don’t recall… so I really can’t comment on it. I opposed the stimulus because it doesn’t work, it didn’t work.”
Two years ago, during an interview on WBZ’s NewsRadio he was asked by a caller if he “accepted any money” into his district. Ryan said he did not.
“I’m not one [of those] people who votes for something then writes to the government to ask them to send us money. I did not request any stimulus money,” the congressman answered. But as we’ve now learned, Ryan did write letters. He did request stimulus funds.
“After having these letters called to my attention I checked into them, and they were treated as constituent service requests in the same way matters involving Social Security or Veterans Affairs are handled,” Ryan said in a statement. “This is why I didn’t recall the letters earlier. But they should have been handled differently, and I take responsibility for that.
Gee, not so "manufactured" after all.... But you have to admire the fact that getting $20million for one of his cronies is considered only "constituent services" that he didn't remember. I guess the stimulus worked for someone... :Whistle
