Lest we all believe the cries from the insane spending Democrats, or the crafty Republicans who want to keep the government spending binge going while play-acting that they want to cut the size of our bloated governments….read on:
From Reason magazine’s blog, Nick Gillespie sounds words of warning: “Ryan’s plan is better than Obama’s plan and it might even be good enough for government work. But it ain’t good….It is weak tea. Here we are, years into a governmental deficit situation that shows no sign of ending. How is it that Ryan and the Republican leadership cannot even dream of balancing a budget over 10 years’ time? All of the discussion of reforming entitlements and the tax code and everything else is really great and necessary – I mean that sincerely – but when you cannot envision a way of reducing government spending after a decade-plus of an unrestrained spending binge, then you are not serious about cutting government.”
Read the whole thing, and be forewarned: We’ve still got plenty of work to do.