Paternal advice

I noticed the other day how often Paul Ryan trots out his father's unfortunate death when dad was only 55 and Paul was 16. Today, Ryan, is fond of quoting how his father oft said, "If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem." I wondered where that expression came from. And it turns out it's an expression was created by one of two different persons who would not have much liking for Ryan. One of them was Leroy Eldridge Cleaver, writer and political activist who became the early leader of the Black Panther Party. The other possible creator of the expression is Charles Rosner, a renowned advertiser and marketer who wrote the line in 1967 as a recruitment slogan for the John Kennedy-inspired VISTA program. While Ryan is often a lying slimeball, it's nice to know his father got his inspirations from someone other than Ayn Rand.