The budget proposed by the Republican chairman of the House budget committee, Paul Ryan, is the subject of my column this week:
Mr. Ryan boasts that his budget "cuts spending by $5 trillion relative to President's Budget." That's like bragging that your dinner has fewer calories and less cholesterol than the quadruple bypass burger at Heart Attack Grill. It's Washington-style "baseline budgeting" spin, and as Messrs. Ryan and Romney both on some level probably know, Americans are tired of it.
Please check it out at Reason (here) or at the New York Sun (here).