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Americans are better off in a dynamic, free-enterprise-based economy that fosters economic growth, opportunity and upward mobility instead of a stagnant, government-directed economy that stifles job creation and fosters government dependency.

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Paul Ryan
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 29
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