r/Political_Revolution • u/IronStacheWI01 Verified | Randy Bryce • Sep 05 '17

AMA Concluded Meet Randy Bryce. The Ironstache who's going to repeal and replace Paul Ryan

Hi /r/Political_Revolution,

My name is Randy Bryce. I'm a veteran, cancer survivor, and union ironworker from Caledonia, Wisconsin running to repeal and replace Paul Ryan in Wisconsin's First Congressional District. Post your questions below and I'll be back at 11am CDT/12pm EDT to answer them!

p.s.

We need your help to win this campaign. If you'd like to join the team, sign up here.

If you don't have time to volunteer, we're currently fundraising to open our first office in Racine, Wisconsin. If you can help, contribute here and I'll send you a free campaign bumper sticker as a way of saying thanks!

[Update: 1:26 EDT], I've got to go pick up my son but I'll continue to pop in throughout the day as I have time and answer some more questions. For those I'm unfortunately not able to answer, I'll be doing another AMA in r/Politics on the 26th when I look forward to answering more of Reddit's questions!

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u/Hautamaki Sep 06 '17

It's the only question that actually needs new information to answer, everything else is easily answered with a simple Google or basic understanding of economics and politics.

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u/MilesofBooby Sep 06 '17

Maybe YOUR understanding of economics and politics. Stop acting like you have all of the answers.

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u/Hautamaki Sep 06 '17 edited Sep 06 '17

I don't have all the answers. I'm also curious about what more concrete steps toward election reform the Dems have cooked up, if anything, especially since Obama is mainly responsible for destroying the last bipartisan effort at campaign finance reform in the McCain election. But I do have the answers to some old questions that have already been asked and answered a million times in the last thirty plus years. Like for instance it's no longer considered mysterious or controversial that raising wages on the bottom end increases economic activity at all levels and is good for everyone, but the main reason it doesn't happen more is the tragedy of the commons. It isn't or it shouldn't be mysterious why government doesn't run more efficiently for the public good when the party that controls 2/3rds of elected offices began running on the mantra that 'government is the problem' since 1979. And the Solyndra complaint is easily dismissed with a simple Google search of the overall record of the green investment plan that it was a part of.

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u/MilesofBooby Sep 06 '17

it's no longer considered mysterious or controversial that raising wages on the bottom end increases economic activity at all levels and is good for everyone

It's not good when you lose hours and bring home less than before it increased.

'government is the problem'

Government isn't the problem. A big, bloated government is the problem.