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April 5, 2011

Video: Paul Ryan Unveils His Budget

Paul Ryan rolls out his budget at the Wall Street Journal as well as YouTube today in a powerful message.

"Washington has not been telling you the truth," ... "If we don't reform spending on government health and retirement programs, we have zero hope of getting our spending, and as a result our debt crisis, under control."

In his response to POLITICO Arena's question today, "Paul Ryan's budget -- hard-headed fiscal sanity or inhumane?" ... Roger Pilon aptly writes:

Either we discipline ourselves, painfully, or soon enough the Chinese and other lenders will do it for us, more painfully still, by refusing to loan to us any longer at currently low interest rates. And in that event, the debt service will be all consuming. Neither individuals nor nations can go down the road we're on without paying the price.

Margaret Thatcher put it plainly: "The trouble with socialism" -- let's be honest, we're socializing the costs of our appetites by imposing them on our children and grandchildren -- "is that eventually you run out of other people's money."

Inhumane? The inhumanity is among those demagogues who put us on this path, promising something for nothing year in and year out. Paul Ryan deserves our gratitude for biting the bullet at last. The ball is now in the court of the demagogues.

So who do the American people listen to ... those demagogues, or the voices of reason, common sense, and financial responsibility.?

Related video - from NetRightDaily: "The Week Ahead" host Frank McCaffrey speaks with Americans for Limited Government Communications Director Rick Manning about the budget battle on Capitol Hill as well as a proposal by Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan to cut spending. Plus, hear from Louisiana Representative John Fleming on the oil permit freeze in the Gulf of Mexico (that has significantly affected our economy and continues to do so).