The GOP's Fiscal Fraudulence

Clive Crook's succinct summary:

Paul Ryan is a good thing, and his Roadmap is very interesting. He
grappling with specific proposals, and his plan for
entitlement reform deserves a serious look. Note, though, that
plausible assumptions, it is not a deficit-reducing proposal
would fall even more than spending.

More to the point, the party is not backing Ryan's proposals. Ifconservatives who say, "Don't raise taxes, cut spending," were willingto contemplate Ryan's...