Ryan's Private Sector Experience
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The New Yorker has a long article about the Republican chairman of the House Budget Committee, Paul Ryan.

First comes this passage:

After his sophomore year in high school, back in 1986, he worked the grill at McDonald's. "The manager didn't think I had the social skills to work the counter," he said. "And now I'm in Congress!"

Then, a few paragraphs later, this one:

Ryan went back to Wisconsin, worked briefly for the family business as a "marketing consultant"—a bit of résumé padding that gave him his only private-sector experience—and decided to run...

Doesn't McDonald's count as private sector experience? Mr. Ryan has also spoken of his work "detasseling corn."

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Ryan's Private Sector Experience
futureofcapitalism.com

The New Yorker has a long article about the Republican chairman of the House Budget Committee, Paul Ryan.

First comes this passage:

After his sophomore year in high school, back in 1986, he worked the grill at McDonald's. "The manager didn't think I had the social skills to work the counter," he said. "And now I'm in Congress!"

Then, a few paragraphs later, this one:

Ryan went back to Wisconsin, worked briefly for the family business as a "marketing consultant"—a bit of résumé padding that gave him his only private-sector experience—and decided to run...

Doesn't McDonald's count as private sector experience? Mr. Ryan has also spoken of his work "detasseling corn."

Read More...