The alternative to a serious and, given, a hurtful G.O.P. budget, Dr. Krugman? Nothing. Zero. A broken, failed Republic; an absolute, catastrophic failure the likes of which no society on this planet has experienced before. The failure and downgrading of the former Soviet Union will be a model we wish we could emulate.
Ryan's budget is the only ray of hope I've seen that might (might!) save this Republic. The U.S. Government stepped well out of the limits of it's constitutional charter when it began desiring to guarantee outcomes for it's citizens. We cannot satisfy the needs and desires of every citizen (much less non-citizens) given that our debts are impossibly large, and as has been pointed out by the CBO, unsustainable. Even if you took all the money away from every rich person in this nation, as Democrats are wont to do it seems (class warfare enabled and encouraged by Democrats), we still couldn't guarantee the outcome of every citizen. That desire, while laudable, is not doable.
We must look at the Ryan budget and hope it's enacted in time to save us all.
