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As you’ve heard by now, Paul Ryan directly benefits from the budget he is pushing.

The financial disclosure report Ryan filed with Congress last month and made public this week shows he and his wife, Janna, own stakes in four family companies that lease land in Texas and Oklahoma to the very energy companies that benefit from the tax subsidies in Ryan’s budget plan.

But, this is just normal, everyday Republican congressional greed.  Where Ryan gets bonus points is his explanation of the situation —

Ryan’s office says the congressman wasn’t thinking about himself or the oil companies that lease his land when he drafted the budget blueprint that extended the energy tax breaks. “These are properties that Congressman Ryan married into,” spokesman Kevin Seifert said. “It’s not something he has a lot of control over.”

“Okay, that gives me a headache,” Juanita admits when told of this response.  “We suspect that Ryan Eddie Munster probably doesn’t control his wife’s … ahem …. holdings, but he does, in freeking fact, control where tax subsidies go.”

“Honey,” she carefully explains, “you may not own the target but you are the one who is  shooting the arrow.”

“I cannot believe that they pay people to come up with these responses,” she says.  “Heck, Buck Pochek would do it for a six pack and couple of lottery tickets, and Buck’s answers would be smarter.”

Thanks to David for the heads-up.