Sen. Chuck Schumer is typical of most Democrats' delusions about spending and the debt:
“And the overall goal: again, cutting waste, using a smart short scalpel but not a meat axe,” he said. “Senate Democrats and the president are on the same page and I think we're moving in that direction.”
A scalpel? Really? The deficit is over $1 trillion a year, and people like Schumer call proposals to cut it -- not the budget, the deficit -- 2 percent "extreme" and we're talking scalpel? Never mind the meat axe; it's time for the chainsaw.
But a lot of Republicans aren't really serious, either. Paul Ryan is one of the few who treat the issue with the urgency it deserves. When he unveils the House Republican plan tomorrow calling for $4 trillion in cuts over the next decade -- including reforming entitlements -- there'll be a lot of queasy stomachs among the GOP. Little tea'll fi
