re: #223 Obdicut

We’ll see what the president says later today. His debt commission said we have to deal with our entitlement programs and I think they’re right. Right now his hand has been forced, people can slam the Ryan plan but, at a minimum, it’s changed the tone of the debate. The argument is no longer about any cuts but how many cuts.

Best case-scenario from an independent point of view is the left proposes raising taxes and cutting military, the right proposes medicaid/medicare reform and they meet somewhere in the middle. That would be the adult thing to do which means it’s probably not going to happen.