Half Baked Thought of the Day: Paul Ryan

A friend linked to this Op-Ed written by Paul Ryan in today's Wall Street Journal.

I was startled as I read it, not because he provided new information, but because with each passing paragraph in addition to thinking, "Right on, man!" I thought, "If this was the approach Washington committed itself to I would be OK paying higher taxes."

I couldn't believe I thought it. But it makes sense. What's appealing about Ryan's proposal is that it has goals and it has a path to get there. The goals: Diminish or eliminate US debt, balance the US budget. We've all heard the speech about when things get tough Americans step up and "make the hard choices." Ryan doesn't invoke that at all in this article. He calls for a change in the structure of Medicare. It's bloated, inefficient and provides no incentives for top quality care for our seniors. That has to change and we all know it. He wants to make cuts by fundamentally changing the system. That's something I, and my tax dollars, can get behind.