REPUBLIC
A free economy and strong communities honor the dignity of every person, rewarding effort with justice, promoting upward mobility, and building solidarity among citizens.
- Paul Ryan
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
- Born on January 29, 1970 in
Janesville, Wisconsin.
- Married to Janna Ryan with three kids , Elizabeth, Samuel and Charles.
- Attended Joseph A. Craig High School, Miami University, American University
- His father worked as an attorney, and his mother was a stay-at-home mom. Ryan has one sister, Janet, and two brothers, Tobin and Stan.
- Only comfortable talking about money and arguments about how middle-class people can benefit from unfettered capitalism, but doesn’t have an opinion on any other social issues like the LGBT community.
- Ryan has been serving as the U.S. representative of Wisconsin's Congressional District 1 since 1999 and has served ever since, after being elected in 1998 at age 28.
- Ryan became interested in government after reading the literature of Ayn Rand, but later stated that he rejects Rand's philosophy because he believes it's based on atheism.
- Married to Janna Ryan with three kids , Elizabeth, Samuel and Charles.
- Attended Joseph A. Craig High School, Miami University, American University
- His father worked as an attorney, and his mother was a stay-at-home mom. Ryan has one sister, Janet, and two brothers, Tobin and Stan.
- Only comfortable talking about money and arguments about how middle-class people can benefit from unfettered capitalism, but doesn’t have an opinion on any other social issues like the LGBT community.
- Ryan has been serving as the U.S. representative of Wisconsin's Congressional District 1 since 1999 and has served ever since, after being elected in 1998 at age 28.
- Ryan became interested in government after reading the literature of Ayn Rand, but later stated that he rejects Rand's philosophy because he believes it's based on atheism.
"I reject her philosophy. It's an atheist philosophy. It reduces human interactions down to mere contracts and it is antithetical to my worldview. If somebody is going to try to paste a person's view on epistemology to me, then give me Thomas Aquinas”
- Paul Ryan, August 2012 article in The New
Yorker.
He was named Mitt Romney's vice presidential running mate for the 2012 election.
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