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| Paul Ryan |
Yesterday a real reform proposal called the "Path to Prosperity" was proposed by Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan. It has been widely heralded as the most sweeping government reform proposal made in several generations. Curiously, the plan follows most of the recommendations of President Obama's Debt Commission. Every informed citizen should take the time to read all the details of Ryan's plan here: Path to Prosperity. In making the proposal Ryan has shown a brand of political courage that has been so seriously lacking in Washington for so long. Unfortunately it did not take even the time required to read these ideas for those in favor of the insanity of the status quo to come out of the woodwork and point the finger at the messenger. While Ryan told the truth about the path to a debt crisis, it was a very sad day for New Mexico. One of the first elected officials to display cowardice rather than courage, was New Mexico Congressman Ben Ray Lujan. You can watch Congressman's Lujan's economic double-talk on the House floor here: video.
Lujan offered an astoundingly circular argument. He called for the ever more powerful government to either pile additional burdens on the job creators in the private sector or borrow against the future earning power of all current and future generations. Using the rhetoric of what is good for "working families" as his shield, apparently Lujan feels that an America that chooses to live within its means is bad for working families. One had to reach the inescapable conclusion that our state cannot continue to send people to Washington to represent us like Ben Ray Lujan. Lujan lives in a perpetual state of denial. 
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