The art of the possible

Published May 25, 2011 4:00am ET



Congressman Paul Ryan has a plan he thinks will take a significant bite out of the national debt of the United States, and further act to restrain greater debt in the future. The Ryan budget plan has gotten a lot of publicity, and the Democrats seem to be running against it as if it were an opposing politician.

Recently, Senator Brown from Massachusetts announced he wouldn’t vote for such a bill if it passed the House. This has raised the ire of some on the right, as Brown claims to be a Republican and there is a serious, even dire need to reduce the debt and US deficit as soon as possible.

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