[img_assist|nid=22099|title=Paul Ryan|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=100|height=54]Let's go to the tape and see what Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) really thinks about Social Security. Old news, but always worth another look as the budget "road map" whiz tells us how we're going to have to pull in our belts. Another case of screw you, I got mine:
One day as a 16 year old, Ryan came upon the lifeless body of his father. Paul Ryan, Sr. had died of a heart attack at age 55, leaving the Janesville Craig High School 10th grader, his three older brothers and sisters and his mother alone. It was Paul who told the family of his father’s death.
With his father’s passing, young Paul collected Social Security benefits until age 18, which he put away for college. To make ends meet, Paul’s mother returned to school to study interior design. His siblings were off at college. Ryan remembers this difficult time bringing him and his mother closer.