Then:
On Tax Day last year, Ryan released a statement blasting President Obama for allegedly wanting to provide “special carve-outs to his favorite industries.”“Our tax code should not pick winners and losers,” Ryan wrote on behalf of a “simpler, flatter” tax code.

“Our country can’t reach its potential with a tax code that punishes people for reaching their own.”

Ryan tweeted:Elites in Washington should NOT be picking winners & losers—that’s a recipe for a closed economy—for cronyism.8:09 PM - 27 Jul 2016

Now:
During a press conference on Thursday, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) was asked what he thought about the sweetheart deal President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence struck with United Technology to keep about 1,000 Carrier manufacturing jobs in Indiana in exchange for millions of dollars in incentives.

“Well I’m pretty happy that we’re keeping jobs in America, aren’t you?” Ryan said to a reporter, adding that he couldn’t speak to the specifics of the deal, which won’t prevent 1,300 Carrier jobs from relocating to Mexico from Indiana. “I think it’s pretty darn good that people are keeping their jobs in Indiana instead of going to Mexico.”

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