WASHINGTON — As America rings up another $3 trillion-plus budget — almost a historic peacetime 25 percent of gross national product — and borrows another $1.3 trillion to pay for it, one should not be surprised that the usual mob of special pleaders is fuming at anyone who has the temerity to suggest a sane alternative. These are the new Democrats and they do not mind putting us on the road to Greece.

Thus, they howled when Chairman of the House Budget Committee Paul Ryan proffered a budget to avoid the Greek Tragedy. His budget contemplates spending reductions of more than $5 trillion over the next decade, cutting deficits by more than $3 trillion, taxes by $2 trillion, and the national debt by more than $1 trillion. It is all part of Ryan’s strategy to lead us to a prosperous and secure future. Ryan intends that these cuts lead to growth, growth more robust than the anemic two percent that President Barack Obama would be perfectly comfortable with.