*drops to the floor laughing*

So the House “Republican Study Committee” has spoken and put forth their own budget proposal, separate from Ryan’s debacle. Only they think they can balance the budget in 4 years. How? They speed up the voucherization of Medicare by 5 years, put lower caps on non-discretionary (read: social safety net) spending atop the caps Ryan puts on discretionary spending, and raise the retirement age on both SS and Medicare.

If there’s any sign on sanity in this budget, it’s that they don’t use the budget cuts they’re making to give even more money away to the rich through tax cuts.