Three Cheers For Paul Ryan…On Second Thought, Make It Four - Big Government

Paul Ryan’s 2012 budget proposal is not a panacea for the nation’s debt and deficit woes. The Ryan proposal is, however, a bold, brave, and, we think, an extraordinary step forward by the House Budget Committee, which Mr. Ryan chairs, in what is certain to be a lengthy give and take between the Republican-controlled House (where budget bills must originate) and the White House. It is a “grown-up” proposal that President Obama professes to want. At last, at long, long, last we finally have an elected representative in Mr. Ryan from Wisconsin willing to address the issues that one congress after another (both Democratic and Republican) and the White House (the current one and those that have preceded it) have ducked, dodged and deflected to the serious detriment of the nation."