The Post Forgot to Mention that the Ryan Plan Would Eliminate the Government

The Post probably didn't have room in the piece for such small points, but when it told readers that the Ryan plan:

"calls for spending cuts and tax changes that would put the nation on course to wipe out deficits and balance the budget by 2040."

It would have been reasonable to point out that it gets to this balance by virtually eliminating the non-defense, non-Social Security, and non-health care portions of the budget. According to the Congressional Budget Office's analysis of the Ryan...