Rep. Alan Grayson: Paul Ryan wants sick poor people to die

Rep. Alan Grayson, a notably blunt Democrat from Florida, blasted House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) on Tuesday night.

While discussing the Republican congressman's latest budget proposal on Current TV, Grayson accused Ryan of wishing a large swath of Americans would die.

"In one case after another, you look at his principles, you look at his vision, and they're a nightmare for America," he said. "He wants Americans to work until they die, he wants poor people who get sick not be able to see a doctor, not to get the care they need, not to get better, he wants them to die, and he wants an America that consists of nothing but cheap labor for his corporate patrons."

Ryan's budget would repeal most of Obamacare, partially privatize Medicare, and cut discretionary spending on food stamps and other programs, while lowering the corporate tax rate. Grayson claimed that Ryan also wanted to cut Social Security, citing Ryan's self-professed admiration for the libertarian novelist Ayn Rand.

"Paul Ryan believes that Social Security is unconstitutional," Grayson explained. "Just like anyone who follows the writings of Ayn Rand would believe. If you read the Fountianhead, if you read similar fiction -- although they don't regard it as fiction -- you come to the conclusion that these are people who believe government itself, anything that does anything for people other than defend the borders, is fundamentally immoral and unconstitutional."

Grayson made similar comments in 2009, mockingly describing the Republican's health care plan as "die quickly."

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