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Paul Ryan: We don't want to follow Europe. We don't want a welfare state. We don't want a debt crisis. We don't want to prolong…

On the recordAugust 12, 2012
We don't want to follow Europe. We don't want a welfare state. We don't want a debt crisis. We don't want to prolong this recession. We don't want to keep this path of household incomes going down $4,000. We want to turn this thing around.
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Paul Ryan
Wisconsin

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Paul Ryan emphasizes the need to avoid a welfare state and economic decline.

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