I don’t know if anyone is actually counting at this point, but I’ll just say that, in the absence of anything else to look at, I support his proposals. It sounds to me like he’s taken an honest shot at balancing the longterm Federal Budget. Frankly, I’m disappointed that more GOP politicians haven’t come out in support of it, or at least it’s aims. The GOP is supposed to show some fiscal common sense, meaning restraint. The fact that they aren’t getting behind this thing probably tells us where their motives truly lie.
Not that it was too difficult to discern before.
In a perfect world, the Democrats would give us something for comparisons sake. Since the GOP and Dems are all we have in Congress right now, I think it would be good to get a gauge for where these guys really want the country to go. My guess is the Democrats ideas are not anything I want to pursue. Regardless, I say put your cards on the table.
Until they’re willing to man-up, I think they’re criticisms are gutless bluster. For that matter, perhaps the fact that they haven’t come out with their own proposals means they don’t want to go there, for fear of what they perceive the electorate would think.