Paul Ryan says he wants to help the 47% get jobs so they can be good taxpayers.

He really is bad at numbers; the unemployment rate is not 47%.

Hey Thom,

I just want to thank you for being you, your show is the best anywhere, anytime, IMHO. You are one of my favorite teachers.

Afghanistan seems to be an especially hot topic lately which is a good thing, but what we don't here is the real reasons why we are still there. The media always acts as if the U.S does not have any alterior motives. Were told very little about the deals that are happening behind the scenes like the Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline (TAP), and about U.S. investors (like J.P. Morgan) involvement in mining activities which Afghanistan is said to possibly have some of the biggest deposits of rare metals on the planet. So why are we really still there? So that J.P. Morgan can finish their work http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/18/world/asia/18mines.html?_r=0”? Are we staying there through 2014 so we can finish the pipeline which is scheduled to be completed in 2014? I would assume that there is a major mining operation going on as well involving some big U.S. players, but of course we don't here about these kinds of things in the news.

Anyhow, those are just some issues I think we need to have more info. about to understand the big picture.