Paul Ryan is such a scary man that he terrifies even members of his own party:
House Republicans may have voted to pass Rep. Paul Ryan's budget plan. But Republican leadership is still wary of Rep. Paul Ryan's budget plan, which includes an overhaul of Medicare and Medicaid.
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It's clear enough why Republican legislators are nervous about the Ryan budget: They worry that the public won't like it, and that Democrats will be able to wield the plan—especially the proposed Medicare overhaul—as a political weapon.
Going to be a long and winding road to fiscal sanity, isn't it?
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Whatever the merits Ryan's plan may (or may not) have, he seems not to have learned the first lesson of politics: Old people vote.
Although I'm a liberal, I'm the first to admit that the retirement age should be raised on a more urgent schedule and that all entitlements ought to be means-tested.
But I can say that because I'm not running for office. Ryan may be committing SBG (suicide by geezer).
Some early morning he may look out his window at the angry mob in their electric scooters, oxygen tanks in tow, wielding pitchforks and flaming torches.