http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/05/AR2010020503475.html
"... in January 2010, Ryan released an updated version of his "Roadmap for America's Future," a cure for the most completely predictable major problem that has ever afflicted America.
Some calamities -- the 1929 stock market crash, Pearl Harbor, Sept. 11 -- have come like summer lightning, as bolts from the blue. The looming crisis of America's Ponzi entitlement structure is different. Driven by the demographics of an aging population, its causes, timing and scope are known. Funding entitlements -- especially medical care and pensions for the elderly -- requires reinvigorating the economy. Ryan's map connects three destinations: economic vitality, diminished public debt, and health and retirement security."
I wonder what it would be like for the President if he woke up one morning and decided doing the right thing would also be smart, might also get him re-elected, might save the economy and his Presidency and our health care system and our liberty. If he could do this, lead the nation to pass this bill, he would deservedly be legend.
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