Ryan's Budget Plan Could Cause Problems Within Both Parties

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"We think it's being honest with people,"
Even if I believed Ryan, et al, were capable of anything like honesty, which I don't, this is still so much smoke blown up our collective ass. Any long term promises made by elected officials are suspect simply by the nature of our election cycle. Some, I'm working to make it many, of these current legislators won't be in office next year. A new Congress can undo,or redo, pretty much everything done by any previous Congress. How many members of this Congress campaigned on the promise to do exactly that? So, ten plans to do this, or that, aren't worth the paper they're printed on.

Oak Trucheon of NM 12:24PM March 25, 2012

Hell, if I can send $1 to the Presidential campaign, why can't I send $1,000 to reduce the debt or pay for our soldiers?

Dbeersfineart.com of MD 8:39AM March 24, 2012

Let those who pay taxes have a say in taxes. I want to be able to designate where 5% of my annual massive tax payment is spent: defense, reduce the deficit, whatever. It's my money, only half of us pay anything, why shouldn't we have a say?

Dbeersfineart.com of MD 8:38AM March 24, 2012

John, yes let us follow that vein. Originally there was to be one rep ofr every 35,000 people, that would treble the size of congress. By all means let's get congress back to it's constitutional size!

Hiame52 of IN 6:52PM March 20, 2012

Until most of us face the Fact that we can't keep squeezing out unearned entitlements from the government [without the currency collapsing] and until we get serious about returning the federal government to it's Constitutional Role and Constitutional Size, no worthwhile "fix" is possible.
Confidence in the currency will induce a real economic recovery, but confidence won't return until the 'current year' budgets are balanced or close to being balanced. Austerity, Combined with monetary reform which will leave an abundant and value based currency in the hands of the people for everyday use is our only healthy direction. Eliminate deficit spending and tend to the money supply concurrently.
Ron Paul 2012

John of NY 2:59PM March 20, 2012

So with a straight face, the House Republicans propose a budget that would only take 28 years to balance the budget by 2040? Is this really serious fiscal conservatism that draws a stark contrast with Obama? At the very least, I think most of us appreciate the unintentional laughs it provokes. For some political laughs of the intended sort, enjoy the following YouTube video about "Obama's Secret Service" -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAIo3UW5Ib0

jayburd2020 of IL 1:56PM March 20, 2012