Paul Ryan’s Hometown of Janesville Recovers With Federal Aid VP Candidate Claims to Oppose
With Republican Rep. Paul Ryan joining the Republican ticket for the White House, his hometown of Janesville, Wisconsin, is now in the national spotlight. Thousands have struggled with unemployment in Janesville since General Motors shut down its century-old plant there in 2008, causing mass layoffs. As the town tries to get back on its feet, Ryan has said Janesville has become a microcosm for the economic woes facing the nation. But much of its economic recovery is in fact due, in part, to money from President Obama’s stimulus package and other federal grants. We speak to Brad Lichtenstein, director of the new documentary, "As Goes Janesville," which follows the lives of laid off GM workers who try to reinvent themselves through federally funded job training programs, or by moving to work at other GM factories that stayed open after the auto industry bailout. We also play excerpts and outtakes from the film, including interviews with Ryan that did not make the final cut.
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2 comments on "Paul Ryan’s Hometown of Janesville Recovers With Federal Aid VP Candidate Claims to Oppose"
August 14, 2012 4:38pm
Those people that the US government is helping get new training...are Labor Union members! Of course he is going to help them!
But what about those diners that had to close? Those barber shops? Do you REALLY think the US gov't is helping them train for new jobs? If you do...I have a bridge to sell you!
August 14, 2012 9:58am
Ryan, who paid his way through college using his dad's Social Security survivor benefits, wants to trash that too. What an ungrateful SOB !!!